Echten Surname

1,121,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 216 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Echten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Echten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1801:93,81815,387
Belgium181:638,70256,744
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Echten Last Name Facts

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

The last name Echten is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Echten? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,121,821st most frequently held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 33,738,638 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Echten reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 90 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 180 people, or 1 in 93,818. In The Netherlands Echten is most prevalent in: Drenthe, where 44 percent live, Overijssel, where 20 percent live and North Brabant, where 13 percent live. Apart from The Netherlands Echten exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 8 percent live and Germany, where 6 percent live.

Echten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Echten has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 78 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Eichten92711/
Aechten9210/
Echtien922/
Gechten920/
Ecten911/
Haechten8685/
Hoechten8614/
Heachten861/
Eichsten861/
Heichten861/
Achten833,071/
Ochten8315/
Ichten834/
Hecten832/
Ecsten831/
Ehsten831/
Gehten831/
Eten80517/
Ectn802/
Achtien77131/
Hachten77116/
Heshten7787/
Ochtien776/
Ekhteen771/
Achtehn771/
Achhten771/
Eichtem771/
Eshtien771/
Hekhten771/
Oeyhten770/
Hechtenova751/
Eteng7315,401/
Etien733,651/
Etten731,262/
Esten73972/
Eiten73422/
Hiten73386/
Ethen73382/
Eeten73347/
Hyten73309/
Heten73213/
Geten73148/
Exten73106/
Euten7363/
Eaten7362/
Ectin7346/
Icten7345/
Eteen7335/
Etuen7328/
Eyten7314/
Etent7310/
Etend731/
Edten731/
Etenn731/
Etoen731/
Achttien7169/
Heictien711/
Ettien6717,585/
Getten67567/
Heuten67533/
Esteen67274/
Hytten67249/
Easten67119/
Hysten67118/
Estien67109/
Ethien67102/
Gesten6778/
Hitten6774/
Geçten6774/
Hetten6773/
Huyten6772/
Hesten6770/
Histen6766/
Etenne6766/
Hoiten6765/
Eatene6762/
Heiten6751/
Exteen6738/
Hectin6726/
Etteng6720/
Edsten6718/
Jeeten6715/
Etsten6715/
Heaten6711/
Eshtin6711/
Etienn6710/
Etn6710/
Geeten679/
Hoyten678/
Hayten678/
Heeten677/
Hytien677/
Huiten677/
Heteng676/
Eisten675/
Eateen675/
Eatten674/
Hujten674/
Eysten674/
Hiteng674/
Estten673/
Essten672/
Hytent672/
Eusten671/
Hethen671/
Heyten671/
Eatien671/
Eathen671/
Häthen671/
Haiten671/
Geyten671/
Edtien671/
Etengg671/
Etheen671/
Jectin670/
Eizten670/
Hithen670/
Hezten670/
Ettaen670/

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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
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  • 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 Echten
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