Goelen Surname
Approximately 450 people bear this surname
Goelen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 384 | 1:29,939 | 4,847 |
| France | 59 | 1:1,125,809 | 120,603 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Goelen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goelen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Goelen is found most in Belgium. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Goelen? popularity and diffusion
The last name Goelen is the 666,162nd most frequently held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 16,194,546 people. Goelen is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Goelen live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 77 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is borne by 384 people, or 1 in 29,939. In Belgium it is most prevalent in: Flemish Region, where 90 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 6 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account Belgium Goelen is found in 6 countries. It is also found in France, where 13 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.
Goelen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Goelen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Goelen last name contracted 86 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
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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 Goelen
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