Asselen Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Asselen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Asselen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands181:938,17663,634
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Asselen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Asselen is found most in The Netherlands. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Asselen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Asselen is the 4,532,898th most frequent family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Asselen live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 938,176. In The Netherlands Asselen is mostly concentrated in: Utrecht, where 50 percent are found, South Holland, where 44 percent are found and Groningen, where 6 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands it occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent are found.

Asselen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Asselen has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Asselen
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