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 carried by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Goelen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 666,162nd most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 16,194,546 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Goelen reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 77 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequent in Belgium, where it is carried by 384 people, or 1 in 29,939. In Belgium Goelen is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 90 percent reside, Brussels Capital Region, where 6 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 4 percent reside. Beside Belgium it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in France, where 13 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.
Goelen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Goelen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Goelen surname 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
- 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 Goelen
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