van Tu Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
van Tu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
van Tu (31) may also be a first name.
van Tu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Tu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Tu is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Tu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,034,050th most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 63 percent of van Tu live; 63 percent live in Southeast Asia and 54 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 31 people.
The surname van Tu is most frequently occurring in Malaysia, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 2,268,787. In Malaysia it is mostly concentrated in: Kuala Lumpur, where 38 percent live, Perak, where 23 percent live and Johor, where 15 percent live. Apart from Malaysia van Tu occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 33 percent live and Thailand, where 8 percent live.
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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 Tu
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