van Voorhies Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
van Voorhies Surname User-submission:
The origin is Dutch. It means 'of Before-Hees' Hees is a town in the northeast part of the Netherlands.
van Voorhies Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 33 | 1:1,521,778 | 81,120 |
van Voorhies Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The origin is Dutch. It means 'of Before-Hees' Hees is a town in the northeast part of the Netherlands.
- mvanvoorhiesvan Voorhies Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Voorhies Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Voorhies is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Voorhies? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,649,889th most frequently used family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of van Voorhies reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
The last name van Voorhies is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 20,136,607. In The United States it is mostly found in: New York, where 28 percent live, Florida, where 11 percent live and Indiana, where 11 percent live.
van Voorhies Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of van Voorhies has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the van Voorhies last name fell 45 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Voorhis | 96 | 311 | / |
| van Vorhies | 96 | 0 | / |
| van Voorhes | 96 | 0 | / |
| van Voorhees | 92 | 102 | / |
| van Voorhess | 92 | 1 | / |
| van Voorheis | 92 | 1 | / |
| van Voorhist | 92 | 0 | / |
| van Voorhiss | 92 | 0 | / |
| van Vorhis | 91 | 21 | / |
| van Vooris | 91 | 0 | / |
| van Vorhes | 91 | 0 | / |
| Van-Voorhis | 87 | 3 | / |
| van Vorrhis | 87 | 1 | / |
| van Vorhees | 87 | 1 | / |
| van Voohris | 87 | 1 | / |
| van Vorheis | 87 | 0 | / |
| van Vorheas | 87 | 0 | / |
| van Vorhoes | 87 | 0 | / |
| van Vorhess | 87 | 0 | / |
| van Vorhise | 87 | 0 | / |
| van Voris | 86 | 39 | / |
| van Vores | 86 | 1 | / |
| Van-Voorhees | 83 | 1 | / |
| van Vorheest | 83 | 0 | / |
| van Vorest | 82 | 0 | / |
| van Vhoris | 82 | 0 | / |
| van Voorish | 78 | 0 | / |
| Van-Voris | 76 | 3 | / |
| van Vares | 76 | 0 | / |
| van Varis | 76 | 0 | / |
| van Boris | 76 | 0 | / |
| van Vorous | 73 | 14 | / |
| van Borges | 73 | 4 | / |
| von Bories | 73 | 0 | / |
| von Borries | 70 | 266 | / |
| van Foreest | 70 | 43 | / |
| von Vorys | 67 | 1 | / |
| von Borges | 64 | 15 | / |
| van Bourgeois | 64 | 1 | / |
| Von-Borries | 61 | 1 | / |
| Van-Foreest | 61 | 1 | / |
| von Barries | 61 | 0 | / |
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