van Toorn Surname

429,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 802 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Toorn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Toorn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands7201:23,4543,770
South Africa331:1,641,74981,435
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
England21:27,859,030389,889
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

van Toorn Last Name Facts

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

van Toorn occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

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

This surname is the 429,827th most numerous last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 9,086,716 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of van Toorn are found; 92 percent are found in Western Europe and 92 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 720 people, or 1 in 23,454. In The Netherlands it is most common in: Gelderland, where 42 percent reside, South Holland, where 29 percent reside and Utrecht, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account The Netherlands van Toorn exists in 14 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 4 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.

van Toorn Last Name Statistics demography

van Toorn earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 104.2% more than the national average, earning R 485,256 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Tooren95353/
van Thoorn951/
van Toren89143/
van Torne891/
Van-Tooren841/
van Turen7810/
von Torne784/
von Thorn781/
van Tuuren741/
von Thurn6714/
von Tharen630/

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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
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  • 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 Toorn
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