van Alen Surname

1,111,382nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 219 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Suriname

van Alen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Alen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1311:128,91020,052
Suriname381:14,5433,502
United States361:10,068,304413,125
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
England11:55,718,059489,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States281:1,793,52492,026

van Alen Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Alen has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name van Alen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,111,382nd most commonly used family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 33,276,465 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 65 percent of van Alen are found; 64 percent are found in Western Europe and 64 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 131 people, or 1 in 128,910. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: Gelderland, where 35 percent are found, North Holland, where 28 percent are found and Overijssel, where 8 percent are found. Other than The Netherlands this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Suriname, where 17 percent are found and The United States, where 16 percent are found.

van Alen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of van Alen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the van Alen last name expanded 129 percent between 1880 and 2014.

van Alen Last Name Statistics demography

van Alen earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.73% less than the national average, earning $36,361 USD per year.

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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 Alen
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