van Wy Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
van Wy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Wey | 92 | 202 | / |
| van Way | 92 | 45 | / |
| van Why | 92 | 44 | / |
| van Woy | 92 | 10 | / |
| van Wyhe | 86 | 558 | / |
| van Waay | 86 | 35 | / |
| van Wych | 86 | 2 | / |
| van Wwey | 86 | 0 | / |
| van Vy | 83 | 1 | / |
| van Wuyts | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Wie | 77 | 418 | / |
| van Wee | 77 | 157 | / |
| van Bay | 77 | 14 | / |
| van Wes | 77 | 8 | / |
| van Voy | 77 | 3 | / |
| van Wei | 77 | 1 | / |
| van Wij | 77 | 1 | / |
| Van-Wey | 77 | 1 | / |
| van Wis | 77 | 0 | / |
| van Vhy | 77 | 0 | / |
| van Wees | 71 | 1,528 | / |
| von Wyss | 71 | 68 | / |
| van Weij | 71 | 54 | / |
| van Witt | 71 | 42 | / |
| van Weer | 71 | 6 | / |
| van Booy | 71 | 2 | / |
| van Wess | 71 | 2 | / |
| van Wije | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Wett | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Weit | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Wait | 71 | 0 | / |
| van Wijhe | 67 | 739 | / |
| van Waaij | 67 | 48 | / |
| van Be | 67 | 10 | / |
| van Weije | 67 | 9 | / |
| van Weess | 67 | 6 | / |
| van Ve | 67 | 4 | / |
| van Bi | 67 | 2 | / |
| van Vi | 67 | 2 | / |
| van Weesp | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Wijst | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Weest | 67 | 1 | / |
| Van-We | 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
- 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 Wy
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