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
The last name van Alken is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Alken? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,206,983rd most commonly occurring surname globally, borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. van Alken occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of van Alken live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 804,151. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: Gelderland, where 67 percent reside, North Brabant, where 24 percent reside and Overijssel, where 5 percent reside. Other than The Netherlands it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Canada, where 5 percent reside.
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
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