Kouwenhoven Surname
Approximately 3,000 people bear this surname
Kouwenhoven Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 2,513 | 1:6,720 | 762 |
| Canada | 141 | 1:261,316 | 24,674 |
| United States | 88 | 1:4,118,852 | 221,730 |
| New Zealand | 75 | 1:60,378 | 9,390 |
| South Africa | 46 | 1:1,177,776 | 67,773 |
| Australia | 42 | 1:642,755 | 44,739 |
| Belgium | 21 | 1:547,459 | 51,586 |
| Switzerland | 16 | 1:513,307 | 36,405 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Kouwenhoven Demographics
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Kouwenhoven Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kouwenhoven Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kouwenhoven is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kouwenhoven? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 147,563rd most widespread family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 2,429,182 people. The last name Kouwenhoven is mostly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Kouwenhoven live; 85 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 2,513 people, or 1 in 6,720. In The Netherlands Kouwenhoven is mostly concentrated in: South Holland, where 56 percent live, North Holland, where 15 percent live and North Brabant, where 7 percent live. Not including The Netherlands this last name occurs in 25 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
Kouwenhoven Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kouwenhoven has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kouwenhoven surname expanded 8,800 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kouwenhoven Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kouwenhoven surname are 26.91% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 73.68% being registered with the party.
The amount Kouwenhoven earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 106.3% more than the national average, earning R 490,236 per year; in United States they earn 41.18% more than the national average, earning $60,917 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.17% less than the national average, earning $49,100 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kowenhoven | 95 | 9 | / |
| Couwenhoven | 91 | 185 | / |
| Cowenhoven | 86 | 46 | / |
| Kuyvenhoven | 82 | 560 | / |
| Kuivenhoven | 82 | 428 | / |
| Couwennoven | 82 | 1 | / |
| Coyuenhoven | 82 | 1 | / |
| Couvenhoven | 82 | 0 | / |
| Kuijvenhoven | 78 | 397 | / |
| Kawengean | 60 | 5 | / |
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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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- 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 Kouwenhoven
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