van Achteren Surname
Approximately 284 people bear this surname
van Achteren Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 234 | 1:72,167 | 12,266 |
| Belgium | 43 | 1:267,364 | 32,244 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
van Achteren Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Achteren Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Achteren is found most in The Netherlands. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Achteren? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 928,396th most frequently used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 25,660,373 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of van Achteren are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most common in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 234 people, or 1 in 72,167. In The Netherlands van Achteren is most numerous in: Drenthe, where 39 percent are found, Overijssel, where 21 percent are found and Groningen, where 15 percent are found. Aside from The Netherlands it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 15 percent are found and Denmark, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Echteren | 92 | 4 | / |
| Van-Achteren | 92 | 4 | / |
| van Hateren | 87 | 29 | / |
| van Asteren | 87 | 5 | / |
| van Gasteren | 83 | 583 | / |
| van Houteren | 83 | 1 | / |
| van Astern | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Haasteren | 80 | 674 | / |
| van Otteren | 78 | 16 | / |
| van Outeren | 78 | 12 | / |
| van Oosteren | 75 | 202 | / |
| van Ostern | 73 | 3 | / |
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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 van Achteren
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