van Staden Surname

18,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29,405 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

van Staden Surname Definition:

From place names in South Holland and Belgium.

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van Staden Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa27,6341:1,961245
Namibia5421:4,445817
Australia2451:110,18712,273
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
England1711:325,83724,140
Netherlands1591:106,20917,116
New Zealand1071:42,3217,058
Thailand791:894,156140,446
United States561:6,472,481306,764
Canada451:818,79163,991
Wales251:123,7819,267
Germany191:4,237,129172,669
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Angola161:1,686,8263,823
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Scotland111:486,71119,179
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
Zambia51:3,169,98435,680
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
France21:33,211,361423,184
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

van Staden Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From place names in South Holland and Belgium.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

User-submitted Reference

Vanstaen, Vanstaën or Van Staen is a family name mainly carried in Belgium and in the department of the North of France, it is a variant of Van Staden, which would mean someone coming 'from Staden', village located in West Flanders. The 'd' is not pronounced in Dutch, it would gradually fade and then disappear. We can also make the connection of this last name with Verstaen, that some Belgium church representatives have blithely mixed up in some of their parochial acts dated 17th and 18th centuries.

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van Staden Last Name Facts

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

van Staden is found most in South Africa. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

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

This surname is the 18,740th most common surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 247,834 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of van Staden reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name van Staden is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 27,634 people, or 1 in 1,961. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 35 percent are found, Western Cape, where 13 percent are found and North West, where 10 percent are found. Other than South Africa this last name occurs in 46 countries. It is also found in Namibia, where 2 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

van Staden Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of van Staden has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the van Staden last name increased 560 percent between 1880 and 2014.

van Staden Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Staden earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 75.24% more than the national average, earning R 416,448 per year; in United States they earn 15.55% less than the national average, earning $36,438 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.94% more than the national average, earning $58,594 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Staaden95466/
van Stadden952/
van Stadien951/
von Staden90133/
van Steden9038/
Van-Staden9023/
van Stadin901/
van Steeden8667/
Van-Staaden861/
von Stadin800/
Van-Steeden761/

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