van Zanden Surname

672,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 444 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Zanden Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Zanden Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3501:48,2498,255
Australia361:749,88148,970
Canada251:1,473,824101,190
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

van Zanden Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Zanden is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

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

This last name is the 672,867th most frequent last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 16,413,392 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 81 percent of van Zanden are found; 80 percent are found in Western Europe and 80 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name van Zanden is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 350 people, or 1 in 48,249. In The Netherlands van Zanden is most prevalent in: Friesland, where 23 percent are found, North Holland, where 17 percent are found and Groningen, where 11 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 8 percent are found and Canada, where 6 percent are found.

van Zanden Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Zanden earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 161.47% more than the national average, earning R 621,360 per year and in Canada they earn 4.31% more than the national average, earning $51,825 CAD 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
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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 Zanden
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