van Thanh Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
van Thanh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 25 | 1:1,179,769 | 51,323 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
The alternate forms: van Thành (1) are calculated separately.
van Thanh (133) may also be a first name.
van Thanh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Thanh Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Thanh is found most frequently in Malaysia. It can be found as: van Thành. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Thanh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,944,094th most numerous family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The surname van Thanh occurs mostly in Asia, where 73 percent of van Thanh reside; 70 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 57 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 804,402nd most frequent first name in the world, held by 133 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Malaysia, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 1,179,769. In Malaysia van Thanh is primarily concentrated in: Kuala Lumpur, where 44 percent are found, Penang, where 32 percent are found and Johor, where 12 percent are found. Barring Malaysia this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 9 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Thành | 96 | 1 | / |
| van Than | 94 | 9 | / |
| van Tanh | 94 | 1 | / |
| Van-Thanh | 89 | 2 | / |
| van Thann | 89 | 1 | / |
| van Tan | 88 | 24 | / |
| van Tang | 82 | 16 | / |
| van Tand | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Htan | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Taing | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Tandt | 78 | 0 | / |
| van Tam | 75 | 15 | / |
| van Ton | 75 | 13 | / |
| von Tan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Van-Tan | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Tatten | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Tong | 71 | 12 | / |
| van Teyn | 71 | 1 | / |
| Van-Tang | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Teijn | 67 | 13 | / |
| van Tuong | 67 | 6 | / |
| von Taysen | 63 | 1 | / |
| van Tom | 63 | 1 | / |
| von Tein | 59 | 19 | / |
| van Toom | 59 | 1 | / |
| von Tom | 50 | 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 Thanh
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