Vòn

given name · Latin script

Vòn is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Africa than in any other country. In Switzerland it is the 52nd most common surname. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from German von.

rarermore common
  • CHSwitzerland≈1 in 3K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ZASouth Africa≈1 in 4.7K
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 8.5K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

South Africa (inferred from the name graph)

≈12,000 people, est.

Sources
424 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 3.0K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Von in AU Australia, ZA South Africa, CH Switzerland and 2 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Borrowed from German von.

Sources 3

Attested across 41 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Vòn counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Vòn is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ZA South Africa#710≈12,000 est.≈1 in 4.7K—Von97
BR Brazil—10,3161 in 21K10K—4
AU Australia#826≈3,000 est.≈1 in 8.5K—Von163
AR Argentina—2,9271 in 16K2.9K—2
CH Switzerland#52≈2,800 est.≈1 in 3K—Von163
NL Netherlands—≈2,400 est.≈1 in 7.2K5Von88
SE Sweden—≈1,400 est.≈1 in 7.4K59Von124

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Vòn under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Vòn mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from German von. Recorded by A Frequency Dictionary of German and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
Is Vòn a male or female name?
Vòn is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Vòn have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 12 thousand people named Vòn in South Africa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled von.
How common is the name Vòn?
In Brazil, the national register counted 10,316 people named Vòn, about 1 in 21 thousand residents.
How common is Vòn compared with other names?
In South Africa, Vòn is the 710th most common surname of 285,788 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Vòn” — the 710th most common surname in South Africa. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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