van Alken Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
van Alken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 21 | 1:804,151 | 59,518 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
van Alken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Alken Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Alken has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Alken? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,206,983rd most numerous surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname van Alken occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of van Alken live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 804,151. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: Gelderland, where 67 percent live, North Brabant, where 24 percent live and Overijssel, where 5 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Canada, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Alcken | 95 | 16 | / |
| Vanalken | 94 | 53 | / |
| van Laken | 89 | 84 | / |
| van Leken | 89 | 1 | / |
| Vanalcken | 89 | 1 | / |
| van Elken | 89 | 1 | / |
| van Leuken | 84 | 726 | / |
| van Laeken | 84 | 666 | / |
| van Looken | 84 | 61 | / |
| van Luyken | 84 | 25 | / |
| van Wolken | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Leaken | 84 | 1 | / |
| Vanalkeneu | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Laecken | 80 | 178 | / |
| van Luijken | 80 | 86 | / |
| van Elicken | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Lagen | 78 | 430 | / |
| Vanlaeken | 78 | 130 | / |
| van Elkan | 78 | 85 | / |
| Vanleuken | 78 | 23 | / |
| Vanlacken | 78 | 18 | / |
| Vanwolken | 78 | 1 | / |
| Vanleaken | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Hal-Kion | 76 | 1 | / |
| van Wilgen | 74 | 397 | / |
| Vanlaecken | 74 | 58 | / |
| von Lucken | 74 | 50 | / |
| von Lücken | 74 | 4 | / |
| van Lochen | 74 | 2 | / |
| van Luchen | 74 | 1 | / |
| Van-Lacken | 74 | 1 | / |
| von Locken | 74 | 1 | / |
| von Lauken | 74 | 0 | / |
| van Walleghen | 73 | 7 | / |
| Vanilkin | 71 | 21 | / |
| Vanelkan | 71 | 7 | / |
| van Luchene | 70 | 213 | / |
| von Wilcken | 70 | 11 | / |
| Phanalikaen | 70 | 4 | / |
| Vanwallegan | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Wiligen | 70 | 1 | / |
| von Luecken | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Willigen | 67 | 1,453 | / |
| van Willegen | 67 | 375 | / |
| Vanilkina | 67 | 37 | / |
| Vanwalleghen | 67 | 24 | / |
| Vanwallaghen | 67 | 20 | / |
| Vanalagan | 67 | 9 | / |
| Vanwalleghan | 67 | 3 | / |
| van Luchiene | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vanwilkin | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Logan | 67 | 1 | / |
| von Legen | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Alken
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis