van Why Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
van Why Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 44 | 1:8,237,703 | 362,142 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 25 | 1:2,008,747 | 100,426 |
van Why Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Why Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Why is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van Why? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,944,094th most frequently occurring family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of van Why reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 8,237,703. In The United States it is primarily found in: Pennsylvania, where 27 percent reside, Florida, where 11 percent reside and New Jersey, where 11 percent reside.
van Why Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of van Why has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 176 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Wy | 92 | 7 | / |
| van Wey | 86 | 202 | / |
| van Way | 86 | 45 | / |
| van Woy | 86 | 10 | / |
| van Vhy | 86 | 0 | / |
| van Wyhe | 80 | 558 | / |
| van Waay | 80 | 35 | / |
| van Wych | 80 | 2 | / |
| van Wwey | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Vy | 77 | 1 | / |
| van Wijhe | 75 | 739 | / |
| van Wuyts | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Wie | 71 | 418 | / |
| van Wee | 71 | 157 | / |
| van Bay | 71 | 14 | / |
| van Wes | 71 | 8 | / |
| van Hue | 71 | 3 | / |
| van Voy | 71 | 3 | / |
| van Hui | 71 | 2 | / |
| van Wei | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Beh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Van-Wey | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Wij | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Wis | 71 | 0 | / |
| van Wees | 67 | 1,528 | / |
| van Huet | 67 | 683 | / |
| van Huis | 67 | 532 | / |
| von Wyss | 67 | 68 | / |
| van Huit | 67 | 65 | / |
| van Weij | 67 | 54 | / |
| van Witt | 67 | 42 | / |
| van Weer | 67 | 6 | / |
| van Booy | 67 | 2 | / |
| van Wess | 67 | 2 | / |
| van Wije | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Weit | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Wett | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Wait | 67 | 0 | / |
| van Huer | 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
- 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 Why
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis