van The Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

van The Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van The Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638

van The (16) may also be a first name.

van The Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name van The Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name van The is more frequently found in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of van The click here.

How Common Is The Last Name van The? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,593,402nd most commonly held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of van The reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 100 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,786,762nd most widely held first name on earth, held by 16 people.

van The is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 7,373,556. In Malaysia it is most common in: Kuala Lumpur, where 50 percent reside, Johor, where 25 percent reside and Selangor, where 25 percent reside. Without taking into account Malaysia it occurs in one country. It is also found in Indonesia, where 33 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Thes9311/
van Theu931/
van Te923/
van Thi865/
van Tey861/
van Tee860/
van T837/
van Tets8059/
van Thai8050/
van Gyte8013/
van Thuy809/
van Thoi804/
van Thys803/
van Tich801/
van Thoa801/
van Thay801/
van Taha801/
van Ta7728/
van Ty774/
van 't772/
van Geete7528/
van Thijs7528/
van Tai717/
van Thuyst713/
van Toi711/
van Tys711/
van Toy711/
von Theiss711/
van Tuy711/
van Geet67297/
von Tish6710/
van D672/
van Tijs672/
van Tuip671/
Van-T671/
Van-Thai671/
van Geedt631/
Van-Tay571/
van-D502/
von D501/

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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 The
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