van Tam Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
van Tam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
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
The surname van Tam is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of van Tam click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Tam? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,057,639th most frequently used family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name van Tam occurs mostly in Asia, where 67 percent of van Tam are found; 67 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 67 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly held given name at a global level. It is borne by 32 people.
This last name is most common in Malaysia, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 2,949,422. In Malaysia it is most common in: Kuala Lumpur, where 60 percent reside, Johor, where 20 percent reside and Negeri Sembilan, where 20 percent reside. Outside of Malaysia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 13 percent reside and Brazil, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Tham | 93 | 5 | / |
| van Tan | 86 | 24 | / |
| van Tom | 86 | 1 | / |
| van Tang | 80 | 16 | / |
| van Thom | 80 | 10 | / |
| van Than | 80 | 9 | / |
| van Tand | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Htan | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Toom | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Tanh | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Tomme | 75 | 274 | / |
| van Thanh | 75 | 44 | / |
| van Thann | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Taing | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Tandt | 75 | 0 | / |
| van Thomme | 71 | 58 | / |
| van Ton | 71 | 13 | / |
| von Tom | 71 | 4 | / |
| Van-Tan | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Tatten | 71 | 1 | / |
| von Tan | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Tong | 67 | 12 | / |
| van Teyn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Van-Tang | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Teijn | 63 | 13 | / |
| van Tuong | 63 | 6 | / |
| Van-Thanh | 63 | 2 | / |
| van Thành | 63 | 1 | / |
| Van-Tomme | 63 | 1 | / |
| Van-Thomme | 59 | 2 | / |
| von Taysen | 59 | 1 | / |
| von Tein | 53 | 19 | / |
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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 Tam
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis