van Schanke Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Schanke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Schanke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa541:1,003,29161,925
Netherlands241:703,63256,027
England31:18,572,686338,250
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

van Schanke Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Schanke occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

The last name van Schanke is the 2,075,631st most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. The surname van Schanke occurs predominantly in Africa, where 66 percent of van Schanke live; 66 percent live in Southern Africa and 66 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

van Schanke is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 1,003,291. In South Africa van Schanke is primarily found in: North West, where 28 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 22 percent are found and Western Cape, where 20 percent are found. Aside from South Africa it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 29 percent are found and England, where 4 percent are found.

van Schanke Last Name Statistics demography

van Schanke earn significantly more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 31.67% more than the national average, earning R 312,900 per year.

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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
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  • 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 Schanke
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