van Wyhe Surname

566,665th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 558 people bear this surname

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

van Wyhe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Wyhe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3501:154,79317,479
United States1651:2,196,721138,143
Netherlands161:1,055,44866,951
Denmark121:470,39330,183
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
England41:13,929,515290,718
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

van Wyhe Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Wyhe occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of van Wyhe click here.

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

This last name is the 566,665th most widespread last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,060,118 people. The last name van Wyhe is predominantly found in Africa, where 63 percent of van Wyhe are found; 63 percent are found in Southern Africa and 63 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 350 people, or 1 in 154,793. In South Africa it is mostly found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 47 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 44 percent live and Gauteng, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 30 percent live and The Netherlands, where 3 percent live.

van Wyhe Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Wyhe earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 65.08% more than the national average, earning R 392,292 per year and in United States they earn 90.68% more than the national average, earning $82,276 USD 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
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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 Wyhe
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