van Vu Surname

2,237,939th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 72 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Iceland

van Vu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Vu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States561:6,472,481306,764
Iceland91:42,2322,922
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

van Vu (28) may also be a first name.

van Vu Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Vu occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

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

The last name is the 2,237,939th most commonly held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 79 percent of van Vu reside; 79 percent reside in North America and 78 percent reside in Anglo-North America. van Vu is also the 1,994,417th most frequently held given name at a global level, borne by 28 people.

This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 6,472,481. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 32 percent are found, California, where 23 percent are found and Washington, where 20 percent are found. Aside from The United States this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Iceland, where 13 percent are found and Vietnam, where 4 percent are found.

van Vu Last Name Statistics demography

van Vu earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 29.88% more than the national average, earning $56,043 USD per year.

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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 Vu
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