de Craen Surname

912,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 291 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Craen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Craen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1871:90,30614,890
Belgium1001:114,96617,029
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

de Craen Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Craen is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of de Craen.

How Common Is The Last Name de Craen? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 912,827th most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 25,043,113 people. The last name de Craen is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of de Craen are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 93 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

de Craen is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 187 people, or 1 in 90,306. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: North Brabant, where 67 percent are found, South Holland, where 10 percent are found and Flevoland, where 5 percent are found. Outside of The Netherlands this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 34 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Craene941,272/
de Crain882/
de Creen880/
De-Craene823/
de Creyne821/
de Kraene821/
de Crem80171/
de Craim7550/
de Cruijn711/
de Krem6723/

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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 de Craen
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