Heskens Surname

2,808,717th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 48 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Heskens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Heskens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands451:375,27140,838
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Heskens Last Name Facts

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

The surname Heskens is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Heskens? popularity and diffusion

Heskens is the 2,808,717th most frequently used last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. Heskens occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Heskens are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 375,271. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: North Brabant, where 51 percent live, South Holland, where 31 percent live and Gelderland, where 18 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 4 percent live and China, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Heeskens93106/
Eskens92541/
Hoskens86996/
Eyskens86366/
Heskins86308/
Hiskens86155/
Geskens8689/
Haskens869/
Euskens860/
Aeskens860/
Geyskens801,375/
Huyskens80637/
Huiskens80575/
Hoskiens801/
Hüyskens801/
Hasskens800/
Heaskins800/
Eskins77604/
Askens7716/
Iskens771/
Haskns771/
Hoskns770/
Huijskens75400/
Geijskens7511/
Geyskenss751/
Hoskins7141,411/
Haskins7127,175/
Hiskins71191/
Jeskins7195/
Geskins713/
Easkins713/
Eyskins711/
Giskens711/
Ieskins711/
Haskyns710/
Edskins710/
Eeskins710/
Huiskins675/
Hoshkins674/
Hoskinss673/
Edsquens671/
Geyskins671/
Hosskins671/
Haskinss671/
Haskinns671/
Haiskins670/
Hoiskins670/
Hisskins670/
Hashkins670/
Hahskins670/
Haaskins670/

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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 Heskens
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