van Spijk Surname
Approximately 399 people bear this surname
van Spijk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 371 | 1:45,518 | 7,741 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Spijk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Spijk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Spijk has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of van Spijk.
How Common Is The Last Name van Spijk? popularity and diffusion
The last name van Spijk is the 727,600th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,264,526 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of van Spijk are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
van Spijk is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 371 people, or 1 in 45,518. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: North Brabant, where 49 percent live, South Holland, where 26 percent live and Limburg, where 6 percent live. Barring The Netherlands this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 2 percent live and Belgium, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Speijk | 95 | 12 | / |
| Vanspijk | 94 | 2 | / |
| van Spyk | 82 | 28 | / |
| van Spek | 82 | 11 | / |
| van Speyk | 78 | 40 | / |
| van Spyke | 78 | 1 | / |
| Vanspyk | 75 | 15 | / |
| van Eesbeik | 70 | 19 | / |
| van Eesbeick | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Spijk
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