van Waes Surname

289,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,323 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Waes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Waes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium7911:14,5342,210
Netherlands4171:40,4976,881
France451:1,476,060142,161
United States421:8,629,975373,648
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

van Waes Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Waes occurs more in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

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

It is the 289,639th most frequently used last name in the world, held by around 1 in 5,508,349 people. The last name van Waes is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of van Waes live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Germanic Europe.

van Waes is most frequently occurring in Belgium, where it is held by 791 people, or 1 in 14,534. In Belgium it is primarily found in: Flemish Region, where 95 percent reside, Brussels Capital Region, where 5 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 1 percent reside. Besides Belgium van Waes is found in 11 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 32 percent reside and France, where 3 percent reside.

van Waes Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Waes earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 70.09% more than the national average, earning $73,391 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.43% less than the national average, earning $44,502 CAD 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
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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 Waes
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