van Spijk Surname

727,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 399 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Spijk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Spijk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3711:45,5187,741
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
England21:27,859,030389,889
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Speijk9512/
Vanspijk942/
van Spyk8228/
van Spek8211/
van Speyk7840/
van Spyke781/
Vanspyk7515/
van Eesbeik7019/
van Eesbeick671/

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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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