van Swaaij Surname

1,252,959th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 184 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Swaaij Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van Swaaij Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1771:95,40815,599
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van Swaaij Last Name Facts

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

van Swaaij occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

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

The surname van Swaaij is the 1,252,959th most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 39,606,228 people. The surname van Swaaij is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of van Swaaij live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 177 people, or 1 in 95,408. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: Gelderland, where 49 percent live, North Brabant, where 15 percent live and South Holland, where 14 percent live. Apart from The Netherlands this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 2 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Zwaaij9017/
van Swaay84153/
van Swae782/
van Swoi781/
van Zwaay7411/
Van-Swaay741/
van Swet6719/
van Suit671/
van Schwarz671/
van Schuit601/
van Sue591/
van Zui590/
von Schwarz5711/
van Shue561/
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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 Swaaij
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