van Vos Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
van Vos Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
van Vos Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Vos Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Vos is most common in The Netherlands. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Vos? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,812,366th most commonly used last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 91 percent of van Vos reside; 91 percent reside in Western Europe and 91 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 1,688,718. In The Netherlands van Vos is most common in: South Holland, where 80 percent are found, North Brabant, where 10 percent are found and Utrecht, where 10 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Vost | 93 | 0 | / |
| van Vo | 92 | 197 | / |
| van Voust | 88 | 0 | / |
| van Bos | 86 | 237 | / |
| van Voy | 86 | 3 | / |
| van Voo | 86 | 3 | / |
| van Vas | 86 | 0 | / |
| van Vooijs | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Bost | 80 | 156 | / |
| von Voss | 80 | 43 | / |
| van Vuot | 80 | 1 | / |
| von Vose | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Bose | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Vast | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Voohees | 78 | 0 | / |
| van Voohies | 78 | 0 | / |
| van Bo | 77 | 49 | / |
| Van-Vo | 77 | 3 | / |
| van Bosch | 75 | 1,190 | / |
| van Bosse | 75 | 268 | / |
| van Boost | 75 | 19 | / |
| van Vusse | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Vasst | 75 | 0 | / |
| van Boo | 71 | 15 | / |
| van Woy | 71 | 10 | / |
| van Box | 71 | 10 | / |
| van Bosche | 71 | 2 | / |
| van Wou | 71 | 2 | / |
| van Uoc | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Vaj | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Boi | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Waas | 67 | 438 | / |
| van Bossche | 67 | 287 | / |
| van Wout | 67 | 81 | / |
| von Bose | 67 | 70 | / |
| van Waus | 67 | 16 | / |
| van Baas | 67 | 6 | / |
| van Buys | 67 | 5 | / |
| van Bush | 67 | 3 | / |
| van Booy | 67 | 2 | / |
| van Bass | 67 | 1 | / |
| Van-Bost | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Buis | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Wood | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Wass | 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 Vos
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