van Will Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Will Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Will Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands741:228,20530,213
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

van Will Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Will is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

The last name is the 1,967,751st most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. The surname van Will occurs predominantly in Europe, where 83 percent of van Will are found; 83 percent are found in Western Europe and 82 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname van Will is most common in The Netherlands, where it is held by 74 people, or 1 in 228,205. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: North Brabant, where 88 percent live, North Holland, where 7 percent live and Gelderland, where 1 percent live. Apart from The Netherlands this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 16 percent live and Switzerland, where 1 percent live.

van Will Last Name Statistics demography

van Will earn around the same as the average income. In Canada they earn 0.96% more than the national average, earning $50,162 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Wille942/
van Wil930/
van Well881,165/
van Wiel8831/
von Will887/
van Wile881/
van Welle8250/
von Wille8210/
van Wildt821/
van Wel80761/
von Wil804/
van Wyl801/
van Weel75355/
van Welt7568/
von Well7549/
van Wele7543/
von Wild7526/
van Bell7526/
von Wihl753/
van Wael751/
van Wyle751/
van Bijl751/
van Wuel751/
van Weele71524/
van Wheel711/
von Wyl67559/
van Bel67348/
van Vyl672/
van Wheele672/
von Vil671/
van Byl670/

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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 Will
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