van Wees Surname

257,677th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,528 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Wees Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Wees Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1,3791:12,2461,745
Australia591:457,55435,515
Canada211:1,754,552114,935
Belgium201:574,83253,219
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
England51:11,143,612252,590
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
France11:66,422,722504,397
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

van Wees Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Wees occurs most in The Netherlands. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

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

The surname is the 257,677th most widespread surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 4,769,336 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 93 percent of van Wees live; 92 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 1,379 people, or 1 in 12,246. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: North Holland, where 44 percent reside, North Brabant, where 13 percent reside and Utrecht, where 13 percent reside. Other than The Netherlands this last name occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 4 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.

van Wees Last Name Statistics demography

van Wees earn a lot more than the average income. In Canada they earn 35.29% more than the national average, earning $67,214 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 Wees
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