van Viet Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
van Viet Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
van Viet (15) may also be a first name.
van Viet Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Viet Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Viet is more frequently found in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Viet? popularity and diffusion
The last name van Viet is the 6,063,924th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 80 percent of van Viet are found; 80 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 60 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 15 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Malaysia, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 4,915,704. In Malaysia van Viet is primarily found in: Kuala Lumpur, where 50 percent are found, Johor, where 17 percent are found and Pahang, where 17 percent are found. Barring Malaysia van Viet is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 20 percent are found and France, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Vie | 93 | 0 | / |
| van Voet | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Vier | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Wiet | 88 | 0 | / |
| van Vicht | 82 | 5 | / |
| van Vijte | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Biest | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Wie | 80 | 418 | / |
| van Bie | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Huet | 75 | 683 | / |
| van Wier | 75 | 289 | / |
| van Huit | 75 | 65 | / |
| van Witt | 75 | 42 | / |
| von Veit | 75 | 3 | / |
| von Vett | 75 | 2 | / |
| van Weit | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Wies | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Beth | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Wije | 75 | 1 | / |
| von Vest | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Bett | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Wett | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Veid | 75 | 0 | / |
| van Wait | 75 | 0 | / |
| van Wijhe | 71 | 739 | / |
| van Wette | 71 | 31 | / |
| van Weije | 71 | 9 | / |
| van Hueth | 71 | 5 | / |
| van White | 71 | 3 | / |
| van Witte | 71 | 2 | / |
| van Weest | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Wijst | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Wijte | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Voust | 71 | 0 | / |
| van Wye | 67 | 77 | / |
| van Weijer | 67 | 11 | / |
| von Bet | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Weidts | 67 | 1 | / |
| von Wie | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Viet
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