Thyssens Surname

1,581,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 129 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Thyssens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thyssens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium651:176,87123,883
Germany441:1,829,670103,431
France141:4,744,480251,814
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
England11:55,718,059489,080
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Thyssens Last Name Facts

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

Thyssens is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Thyssens? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,581,912th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 56,492,604 people. Thyssens is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Thyssens live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 60 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most numerous in Belgium, where it is carried by 65 people, or 1 in 176,871. In Belgium Thyssens is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 49 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 34 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 17 percent reside. Apart from Belgium it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 34 percent reside and France, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Theyssens9493/
Tyssens9359/
Thysens9354/
Thijssens82357/
Thiessens82232/
Theissens826/
Tessens80270/
Thisens8022/
Tissens808/
Teysens801/
Tijssens75309/
Tiessens75113/
Theisens7565/
Thijsens7521/
Tessense751/
Theuns711,431/
Tytens7161/
Thuyns7154/
Tisens711/
Teijssens711/
Theans711/
Tuytens67314/
Techens6720/
Thetens6718/
Tyttens674/
Thitens670/

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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 Thyssens
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