van Wier Surname
Approximately 289 people bear this surname
van Wier Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 268 | 1:63,012 | 10,837 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
van Wier Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Wier Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Wier is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van Wier? popularity and diffusion
van Wier is the 917,199th most common last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 25,216,422 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of van Wier reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
van Wier is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 268 people, or 1 in 63,012. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: North Holland, where 43 percent are found, Friesland, where 27 percent are found and Flevoland, where 8 percent are found. Other than The Netherlands this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Wie | 93 | 418 | / |
| van Wir | 93 | 0 | / |
| van Weijer | 89 | 11 | / |
| van Werd | 88 | 99 | / |
| van Wirt | 88 | 14 | / |
| van Weer | 88 | 6 | / |
| van Wire | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Wies | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Vier | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Wije | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Werp | 88 | 0 | / |
| van Wiet | 88 | 0 | / |
| van Weert | 82 | 2,061 | / |
| van Wijhe | 82 | 739 | / |
| van Weerd | 82 | 188 | / |
| van Weije | 82 | 9 | / |
| van Bower | 82 | 2 | / |
| van Werdt | 82 | 2 | / |
| van Werth | 82 | 0 | / |
| van Wye | 80 | 77 | / |
| van Ver | 80 | 12 | / |
| van Ber | 80 | 9 | / |
| van Bie | 80 | 1 | / |
| von Wie | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Vie | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Weerdt | 78 | 59 | / |
| van Uijert | 78 | 5 | / |
| van Weerth | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Wyhe | 75 | 558 | / |
| van Whye | 75 | 330 | / |
| van Veer | 75 | 244 | / |
| van Viet | 75 | 10 | / |
| von Wert | 75 | 4 | / |
| van Beer | 75 | 3 | / |
| Van-Wert | 75 | 2 | / |
| van Wyio | 75 | 1 | / |
| von Werz | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Voer | 75 | 0 | / |
| van Huer | 75 | 0 | / |
| van Vert | 75 | 0 | / |
| van Verre | 71 | 199 | / |
| von Wirth | 71 | 66 | / |
| von Werdt | 71 | 39 | / |
| van Verth | 71 | 18 | / |
| Van-Weerd | 71 | 4 | / |
| von Wehrt | 71 | 3 | / |
| van Wijha | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Voire | 71 | 1 | / |
| von Werth | 71 | 0 | / |
| von Bower | 71 | 0 | / |
| van Bauer | 71 | 0 | / |
| Van't Veer | 67 | 17 | / |
| van Vre | 67 | 12 | / |
| von Vigier | 67 | 7 | / |
| Van-Wye | 67 | 3 | / |
| von Ber | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Wyj | 67 | 1 | / |
| von Waheer | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wier
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