van Wyk Surname

4,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 125,074 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Namibia

van Wyk Surname Definition:

From place names in several parts of Holland (near Utrecht, North Brabant and elsewhere).

van Wyk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa106,9851:50633
Namibia7,6801:31420
Mozambique6,7981:4,010928
Australia8811:30,6424,087
England6391:87,1969,501
Saudi Arabia4371:70,60810,708
United States3521:1,029,71375,652
Canada3271:112,67812,031
Netherlands2521:67,01311,436
New Zealand2261:20,0373,526
Botswana1491:14,6772,860
Thailand371:1,909,144231,790
Scotland241:223,07611,507
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Belgium181:638,70256,744
Argentina151:2,849,561122,961
Northern Ireland141:131,7887,342
Wales141:221,03813,576
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
Denmark121:470,39330,183
France121:5,535,227269,324
Oman111:335,2704,992
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Spain101:4,675,20478,608
Angola91:2,998,8024,903
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
China81:170,915,1968,932
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Mauritius51:258,6838,939
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
Ireland51:941,78816,185
Sierra Leone41:1,772,408958
Swaziland41:324,550996
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Zambia41:3,962,48038,524
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Mali41:4,242,2592,433
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

van Wyk (17) may also be a first name.

van Wyk Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From place names in several parts of Holland (near Utrecht, North Brabant and elsewhere).

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

van Wyk Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Wyk has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

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

The last name is the 4,494th most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 58,266 people. The last name van Wyk occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of van Wyk are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 92 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. van Wyk is also the 2,694,839th most widespread first name at a global level It is held by 17 people.

The last name van Wyk is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 106,985 people, or 1 in 506. In South Africa van Wyk is most frequent in: Western Cape, where 28 percent reside, Gauteng, where 22 percent reside and Northern Cape, where 15 percent reside. Besides South Africa this last name is found in 74 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 6 percent reside and Mozambique, where 5 percent reside.

van Wyk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of van Wyk has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the van Wyk last name expanded 2,071 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 2,400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

van Wyk Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Wyk earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 34.04% less than the national average, earning 228,274 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 28.57% more than the national average, earning R 305,532 per year and in Canada they earn 8.35% more than the national average, earning $53,833 CAD per year.

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