van Thor Surname

2,876,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Thor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Thor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands431:392,72541,894
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288

van Thor Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Thor occurs most in The Netherlands. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

The surname is the 2,876,555th most frequent last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of van Thor live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.

van Thor is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 392,725. In The Netherlands van Thor is mostly found in: Limburg, where 67 percent are found, North Holland, where 23 percent are found and Gelderland, where 2 percent are found. Apart from The Netherlands this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Belgium, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Thoor94322/
van Thorp940/
van Tor931/
van Thorre89117/
van Toor881,374/
van Tour88106/
van Toer8872/
van Torr881/
van Torre82168/
Van-Thorre781/
von Tour755/
van-Toor754/
von Tarpp591/

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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 Thor
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