van Wyn Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
South Africa

van Wyn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Wyn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:55,718,059489,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van Wyn Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Wyn is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

van Wyn is the 10,311,814th most common family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 33 percent of van Wyn are found; 33 percent are found in Southern Africa and 33 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly used in England, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 55,718,059. In England van Wyn is most numerous in: Hampshire, where 100 percent live. Aside from England it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Wyne931/
van Win86385/
van Went80237/
van Wien8047/
van Wing8021/
van Wint8013/
van Wind804/
van Wijn804/
van Weng801/
van Wink800/
van Windt7568/
van Vynck7538/
van Weene7513/
van Wincq754/
van Ven7170/
van Ben7114/
van Wim712/
Van-Win711/
van Veen6716,870/
van Vien672/
van Been672/
van Binn671/
van Veng671/
Van-Went671/
van Uenk671/
von Wien670/
von Wendt6330/
van Houen631/
van Venne631/
Van-Vynck631/
Van't Veen5913/
van Uem57188/
Van-Ven5716/
Van-Veen5373/
von Behn530/
von Veehn500/

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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 Wyn
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