van Yk Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

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

van Yk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Yk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

van Yk Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Yk is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

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

The surname is the 5,391,485th most frequent family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name van Yk is predominantly found in Africa, where 85 percent of van Yk are found; 85 percent are found in Southern Africa and 85 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 4,925,246. In South Africa van Yk is mostly concentrated in: Western Cape, where 100 percent reside. Excluding South Africa it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 8 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 8 percent reside.

van Yk Last Name Statistics demography

van Yk earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 69.4% less than the national average, earning R 72,720 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Eyk922,543/
van Yck9232/
van Eyck861,708/
van Eyke8628/
van Huyk865/
van Hyke860/
van Ooyk860/
van Hyck860/
van Ek83540/
van Huyck80189/
van Eycke8086/
van Oycke8057/
van Eck7712,338/
van Hek77374/
van Eek77292/
van Eik77201/
Van-Eyk7757/
van Ijk7732/
van Ike772/
van Oik771/
van Eijk717,368/
van Heck711,245/
van Heek71682/
van Huik7183/
van Eick7177/
van Eeks7149/
van Ecke7145/
Van-Eyck718/
van Eeck712/
van Ecks712/
van Heke711/
van Iejk711/
van Eigk710/
van Hecke677,074/
van Eijck67918/
van Eecke67419/
van Hekke67140/
van Heeck6731/
van Heeke6729/
van Ex6728/
van Heeks675/
van Huijk671/
Van-Eycke671/
Van-Ek671/
van Hicks671/

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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 Yk
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