van Willen Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

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

van Willen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Willen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa241:2,257,40496,432

van Willen Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Willen occurs most in South Africa. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

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

This last name is the 4,034,050th most frequently held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of van Willen are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

van Willen is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 2,257,404. In South Africa van Willen is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 71 percent live and Western Cape, where 29 percent live.

van Willen Last Name Statistics demography

van Willen earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 14.18% less than the national average, earning R 203,940 per year.

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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 Willen
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