van Vrede Surname

1,544,715th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 134 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Vrede Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Vrede Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa931:582,55644,854
Netherlands321:527,72448,879
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van Vrede Last Name Facts

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

van Vrede is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

The surname is the 1,544,715th most prevalent family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 54,384,671 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 69 percent of van Vrede are found; 69 percent are found in Southern Africa and 69 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

van Vrede is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 93 people, or 1 in 582,556. In South Africa van Vrede is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 45 percent reside, Western Cape, where 29 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 11 percent reside. Barring South Africa van Vrede occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 24 percent reside and Australia, where 4 percent reside.

van Vrede Last Name Statistics demography

van Vrede earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 91.1% more than the national average, earning R 454,128 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Vreede95144/
van Vreeder902/
van Verde891/
van Breda784,251/
van Werde78320/
von Wrede7857/
von Verde783/
van Weerde7418/
van Breeda741/
van Werder740/
von Fredy674/
Van-Breda672/
von Breda671/
von Wride670/
von Werder6345/

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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 Vrede
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