van Vries Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
van Vries 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 Vries Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Vries Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Vries is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of van Vries.
How Common Is The Last Name van Vries? popularity and diffusion
The last name van Vries is the 5,812,366th most commonly held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 91 percent of van Vries live; 91 percent live in Western Europe and 91 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 1,688,718. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: South Holland, where 80 percent live, North Brabant, where 10 percent live and North Holland, where 10 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 9 percent live.
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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 Vries
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