van Than Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
van Than Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
van Than (9) may also be a first name.
van Than Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Than Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Than occurs in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Than? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,360,413th most frequent family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name van Than is predominantly found in Asia, where 56 percent of van Than live; 56 percent live in Southeast Asia and 44 percent live in Anglo-North America. van Than is also the 3,941,740th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 9 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Malaysia, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 7,373,556. In Malaysia it is mostly concentrated in: Penang, where 50 percent reside, Kuala Lumpur, where 25 percent reside and Selangor, where 25 percent reside. Besides Malaysia this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 44 percent reside and Thailand, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Thanh | 94 | 44 | / |
| van Thann | 94 | 1 | / |
| van Tan | 93 | 24 | / |
| van Tang | 88 | 16 | / |
| van Tanh | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Tand | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Htan | 88 | 1 | / |
| Van-Thanh | 82 | 2 | / |
| van Thành | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Taing | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Tandt | 82 | 0 | / |
| van Tam | 80 | 15 | / |
| van Ton | 80 | 13 | / |
| von Tan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Van-Tan | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Tatten | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Tong | 75 | 12 | / |
| van Teyn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Van-Tang | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Teijn | 71 | 13 | / |
| van Tuong | 71 | 6 | / |
| von Taysen | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Tom | 67 | 1 | / |
| von Tein | 63 | 19 | / |
| van Toom | 63 | 1 | / |
| von Tom | 53 | 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 Than
- 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