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 found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

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

The surname van Vrede is the 1,544,715th most widespread family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 54,384,671 people. The surname van Vrede is primarily found in Africa, where 69 percent of van Vrede live; 69 percent live in Southern Africa and 69 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 93 people, or 1 in 582,556. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 45 percent are found, Western Cape, where 29 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 11 percent are found. Outside of South Africa it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 24 percent are found and Australia, where 4 percent are found.

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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