van Waas Surname

679,794th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 438 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Waas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Waas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3901:43,3007,362
Belgium301:383,22141,070
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

van Waas Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Waas has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

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

It is the 679,794th most widely held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 16,638,233 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of van Waas live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 390 people, or 1 in 43,300. In The Netherlands van Waas is primarily found in: South Holland, where 50 percent are found, North Holland, where 14 percent are found and North Brabant, where 10 percent are found. Other than The Netherlands van Waas is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

van Waas Last Name Statistics demography

van Waas earn somewhat more than the average income. In Canada they earn 10.06% more than the national average, earning $54,683 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Waay8835/
van Waus8816/
van Baas886/
van Wass880/
van Waaij8248/
van Wasch821/
van Watts821/
van Way8045/
van Vas800/
Van-Wass754/
van Watt751/
van Bays751/
van Bass751/
van Wait750/
van Vast750/
van Baush715/
van Ba715/
van Weise713/
van Vasst710/
van Bos67237/
van Wey67202/
van Bay6714/
van Vos6711/
van Woy6710/
van Hua676/
van Wou672/
van Vaj671/
van Weidts671/
van Bax671/
van Bau671/
van Wei671/
van Vai671/

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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
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  • 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 Waas
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