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Where Does The Last Name Vas Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Vas (Bengali: বাস, Hindi: वास, Marathi: वास) has its highest incidence in Hungary. It can be rendered as a variant: Vaš, Vás, Vaş, Vaș or Váš. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Vas? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name Vas is the 26,880^th most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 364,669 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 61 percent of Vas live; 53 percent live in Eastern Europe and 41 percent live in Hungaro-Europe. Vas is also the 100,593^rd most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 4,645 people.

Vas is most widely held in Hungary, where it is held by 8,274 people, or 1 in 1,186. In Hungary Vas is most numerous in: Budapest, where 16 percent live, Pest County, where 10 percent live and Csongrád County, where 7 percent live. Not including Hungary it is found in 101 countries. It is also common in India, where 18 percent live and Romania, where 10 percent live.

Vas Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Vas has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Vas surname expanded 17,950 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 650 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Vas Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Vas surname is predominantly Orthodox (80%) in Russia, Muslim (100%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (74%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Vas surname are 1.29% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 51.94% registered with the party.

The amount Vas earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 25.84% less than the national average, earning 256,639 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 52.55% less than the national average, earning R 112,764 per year; in United States they earn 2.62% more than the national average, earning $44,279 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.64% more than the national average, earning $54,968 CAD per year.