van Sant Surname

420,906th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 824 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Sant Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Sant Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5971:607,13449,332
Belgium1681:68,43210,932
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Netherlands131:1,299,01473,030
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
France51:13,284,544357,392
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
England31:18,572,686338,250
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1871:268,54921,901

van Sant (19) may also be a first name.

van Sant Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name van Sant Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname van Sant is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name van Sant? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 420,906th most frequent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 8,844,109 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 68 percent of van Sant live; 68 percent live in North America and 68 percent live in Anglo-North America. van Sant is also the 2,523,061st most frequent first name globally, held by 19 people.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 597 people, or 1 in 607,134. In The United States it is mostly found in: Maryland, where 14 percent live, California, where 12 percent live and New Jersey, where 10 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 17 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 20 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.

van Sant Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of van Sant has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the van Sant last name increased 319 percent between 1880 and 2014.

van Sant Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Sant earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 54.84% more than the national average, earning $66,814 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.41% more than the national average, earning $52,870 CAD per year.

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van Sant Reference & Research

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to van Sant
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