von Ness Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Croatia

von Ness Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

von Ness Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

von Ness Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name von Ness Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname von Ness is found most in The United States. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name von Ness? popularity and diffusion

The surname von Ness is the 6,723,624th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 88 percent of von Ness live; 88 percent live in North America and 88 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name von Ness is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 51,779,848. In The United States von Ness is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 57 percent are found and California, where 43 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Croatia, where 13 percent are found.

von Ness Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of von Ness has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the von Ness last name grew 233 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
von Nes931/
Van Ness881,399/
van Neuss8212/
van Nesse820/
van Nes801,914/
van Nest75368/
van Nies7597/
Van-Ness753/
van Nesp751/
van Nesh750/
van Niss750/
van Nese750/
van Nesch7114/
van Ne712/
van Nie67195/
van Nee6745/
Van-Nes679/
van Net672/
van Nhe671/
von Nix671/
van Nys670/

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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 von Ness
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