van Tan Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
van Tan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
van Tan (33) may also be a first name.
van Tan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Tan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Tan is most common in Malaysia. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Tan? popularity and diffusion
The last name van Tan is the 4,034,050th most prevalent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname van Tan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 63 percent of van Tan are found; 63 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 50 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. van Tan is also the 1,807,719th most commonly used given name worldwide It is held by 33 people.
van Tan is most numerous in Malaysia, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 2,457,852. In Malaysia it is most numerous in: Johor, where 42 percent live, Kuala Lumpur, where 33 percent live and Selangor, where 25 percent live. Not including Malaysia it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent live and Vietnam, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Tang | 93 | 16 | / |
| van Than | 93 | 9 | / |
| van Tanh | 93 | 1 | / |
| van Tand | 93 | 1 | / |
| van Htan | 93 | 1 | / |
| van Thanh | 88 | 44 | / |
| van Thann | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Taing | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Tandt | 88 | 0 | / |
| van Tam | 86 | 15 | / |
| van Ton | 86 | 13 | / |
| von Tan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Van-Tan | 86 | 1 | / |
| van Tatten | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Tong | 80 | 12 | / |
| Van-Tang | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Teyn | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Teijn | 75 | 13 | / |
| van Tuong | 75 | 6 | / |
| Van-Thanh | 75 | 2 | / |
| van Thành | 75 | 1 | / |
| von Taysen | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Tom | 71 | 1 | / |
| von Tein | 67 | 19 | / |
| van Toom | 67 | 1 | / |
| von Tom | 57 | 4 | / |
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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 Tan
- 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