Heessen Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Heessen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 35 | 1:482,491 | 46,668 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Heessen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Heessen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Heessen is found most in The Netherlands. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Heessen.
How Common Is The Last Name Heessen? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,274,477th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. The last name Heessen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Heessen live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name Heessen is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 482,491. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: North Brabant, where 66 percent are found, North Holland, where 20 percent are found and Gelderland, where 14 percent are found. Apart from The Netherlands this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Switzerland, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Heessen
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