van Tam Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

van Tam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Tam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

van Tam (32) may also be a first name.

van Tam Last Name Facts

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

van Tam occurs most in Malaysia. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

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

This surname is the 5,057,639th most widespread family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname van Tam is predominantly found in Asia, where 67 percent of van Tam reside; 67 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 67 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. van Tam is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly used given name in the world. It is borne by 32 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 2,949,422. In Malaysia it is mostly found in: Kuala Lumpur, where 60 percent are found, Johor, where 20 percent are found and Negeri Sembilan, where 20 percent are found. Not including Malaysia van Tam occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent are found and Brazil, where 7 percent are found.

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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
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  • 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 Tam
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