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
The surname van Than occurs most in Malaysia. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Than? popularity and diffusion
The last name van Than is the 6,360,413th most commonly used surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 56 percent of van Than reside; 56 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 44 percent reside in Anglo-North America. van Than is also the 3,941,740th most frequent forename globally It is held by 9 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Malaysia, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 7,373,556. In Malaysia it is primarily found in: Penang, where 50 percent reside, Kuala Lumpur, where 25 percent reside and Selangor, where 25 percent reside. Aside from Malaysia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common 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 | / |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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