van Wy Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

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

van Wy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Wy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

van Wy Last Name Facts

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

van Wy occurs most in The United States. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

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

This surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name van Wy is predominantly found in The Americas, where 57 percent of van Wy reside; 57 percent reside in North America and 43 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States van Wy is most frequent in: California, where 33 percent reside, Illinois, where 33 percent reside and Texas, where 33 percent reside. Barring The United States this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 29 percent reside and Canada, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Wey92202/
van Way9245/
van Why9244/
van Woy9210/
van Wyhe86558/
van Waay8635/
van Wych862/
van Wwey860/
van Vy831/
van Wuyts801/
van Wie77418/
van Wee77157/
van Bay7714/
van Wes778/
van Voy773/
van Wei771/
van Wij771/
Van-Wey771/
van Wis770/
van Vhy770/
van Wees711,528/
von Wyss7168/
van Weij7154/
van Witt7142/
van Weer716/
van Booy712/
van Wess712/
van Wije711/
van Wett711/
van Weit711/
van Wait710/
van Wijhe67739/
van Waaij6748/
van Be6710/
van Weije679/
van Weess676/
van Ve674/
van Bi672/
van Vi672/
van Weesp671/
van Wijst671/
van Weest671/
Van-We671/

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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 Wy
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