van Whye Surname

835,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 330 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

van Whye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Whye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3231:167,73318,699
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

van Whye Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Whye occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of van Whye click here.

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

The surname is the 835,661st most widely held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 22,083,472 people. van Whye occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of van Whye live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 323 people, or 1 in 167,733. In South Africa van Whye is most prevalent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 72 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 13 percent are found and Gauteng, where 10 percent are found. Barring South Africa this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Australia, where 0 percent are found.

van Whye Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Whye earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 32.15% less than the national average, earning R 161,244 per year and in United States they earn 72.88% more than the national average, earning $74,594 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Wye9377/
van Wyhe88558/
van Weye884/
van Wijhe82739/
van Wie80418/
van Wey80202/
van Wee80157/
van Way8045/
van Woy8010/
Van-Wye803/
van Wae802/
van Wyj801/
van Wei801/
van Wier75289/
van Weij7554/
van Waay7535/
van Weit751/
van Wies751/
van Weiy751/
van Wije751/
van Wyio751/
van Wwey750/
van Wiet750/
van Wauwe71240/
von Weihe7149/
von Weyhe7117/
van Weije719/
van Wuyts711/
van Wijha711/
von Wejhe710/
van Bay6714/
van Weijer6711/
van Voy673/
van Wou672/
van Weidts671/
van Bie671/
Van-Wey671/
von Wei671/
van Wij671/
von Wie670/
van Vie670/

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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 Whye
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