van Scott Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
van Scott Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
van Scott Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Scott Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Scott is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Scott? popularity and diffusion
The surname van Scott is the 4,427,875th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 95 percent of van Scott live; 95 percent live in North America and 95 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 19,076,786. In The United States van Scott is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 37 percent are found, North Carolina, where 11 percent are found and Arkansas, where 5 percent are found. Barring The United States this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Cott | 94 | 198 | / |
| van Scoit | 89 | 81 | / |
| van Schot | 89 | 16 | / |
| Van-Scott | 89 | 2 | / |
| van Scoyt | 89 | 1 | / |
| von Scott | 89 | 1 | / |
| van Schoot | 84 | 134 | / |
| von Schott | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Scoy | 82 | 234 | / |
| Van-Cott | 82 | 5 | / |
| van Sout | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Catt | 82 | 0 | / |
| van Cooth | 78 | 13 | / |
| van Schuit | 74 | 1 | / |
| Van-Scoy | 71 | 7 | / |
| van Joost | 67 | 58 | / |
| van Zoost | 67 | 18 | / |
| Van-Scoip | 67 | 2 | / |
| van Skoyd | 67 | 0 | / |
| van Zoyst | 67 | 0 | / |
| van Schadd | 63 | 1 | / |
| van Zadt | 59 | 1 | / |
| von Jost | 59 | 1 | / |
| van Zate | 59 | 0 | / |
| van Zoid | 59 | 0 | / |
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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 Scott
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