van Weij Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
van Weij Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 51 | 1:331,121 | 38,060 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
van Weij Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Weij Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Weij occurs most in The Netherlands. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Weij? popularity and diffusion
The surname van Weij is the 2,635,433rd most frequent surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of van Weij are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 51 people, or 1 in 331,121. In The Netherlands van Weij is most frequent in: Gelderland, where 80 percent reside, South Holland, where 16 percent reside and Limburg, where 2 percent reside. Not including The Netherlands this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Luxembourg, where 4 percent reside and Canada, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Weije | 94 | 9 | / |
| van Wij | 93 | 1 | / |
| van Wei | 93 | 1 | / |
| van Wije | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Weiy | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Weit | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Wijhe | 82 | 739 | / |
| van Waaij | 82 | 48 | / |
| van Wijst | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Wie | 80 | 418 | / |
| van Wey | 80 | 202 | / |
| van Wee | 80 | 157 | / |
| van Wye | 80 | 77 | / |
| van Wes | 80 | 8 | / |
| van Wae | 80 | 2 | / |
| von Wei | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Bij | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Wyj | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Wis | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Wic | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Weidts | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Wees | 75 | 1,528 | / |
| van Wyhe | 75 | 558 | / |
| van Whye | 75 | 330 | / |
| van Witt | 75 | 42 | / |
| van Weer | 75 | 6 | / |
| van Weye | 75 | 4 | / |
| van Wess | 75 | 2 | / |
| van Uije | 75 | 1 | / |
| von Weis | 75 | 1 | / |
| von Weiß | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Wett | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Wyio | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Wwey | 75 | 0 | / |
| van Veid | 75 | 0 | / |
| van Wait | 75 | 0 | / |
| van Wauwe | 71 | 240 | / |
| von Weihe | 71 | 49 | / |
| von Weiss | 71 | 17 | / |
| von Weisz | 71 | 14 | / |
| van Be | 71 | 10 | / |
| van Wy | 71 | 7 | / |
| van Weess | 71 | 6 | / |
| van Ve | 71 | 4 | / |
| van Bi | 71 | 2 | / |
| van Vi | 71 | 2 | / |
| van Weesp | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Weche | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Weest | 71 | 1 | / |
| Van-We | 71 | 1 | / |
| von Wejhe | 71 | 0 | / |
| van Bui | 67 | 157 | / |
| von Weidts | 67 | 80 | / |
| van Way | 67 | 45 | / |
| van Why | 67 | 44 | / |
| von Weichs | 67 | 21 | / |
| van Ver | 67 | 12 | / |
| van Woy | 67 | 10 | / |
| von Weidtz | 67 | 9 | / |
| van Hue | 67 | 3 | / |
| Van-Wye | 67 | 3 | / |
| van Hui | 67 | 2 | / |
| van Wou | 67 | 2 | / |
| van Vui | 67 | 2 | / |
| van Vaj | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Boi | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Vai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Van-Wey | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Vic | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Vooijs | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Oue | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Beh | 67 | 1 | / |
| von Wie | 67 | 0 | / |
| van Vie | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Weij
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