van Tai Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

van Tai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Tai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van Tai (33) may also be a first name.

van Tai Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Tai is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

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

This surname is the 7,117,718th most prevalent last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname van Tai occurs predominantly in Asia, where 71 percent of van Tai are found; 71 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 71 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. van Tai is also the 1,807,719th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 33 people.

The surname is most numerous in Malaysia, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 5,898,845. In Malaysia van Tai is mostly found in: Kuala Lumpur, where 60 percent reside, Johor, where 20 percent reside and Selangor, where 20 percent reside. Beside Malaysia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 14 percent reside and The United States, where 14 percent reside.

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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 Tai
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