van Amen Surname
Approximately 172 people bear this surname
van Amen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 162 | 1:104,242 | 16,843 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
van Amen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Amen Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Amen occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van Amen? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,310,135th most numerous last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 42,369,453 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 95 percent of van Amen live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most common in The Netherlands, where it is held by 162 people, or 1 in 104,242. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: South Holland, where 70 percent reside, North Brabant, where 16 percent reside and Limburg, where 6 percent reside. Beside The Netherlands it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Eamen | 94 | 0 | / |
| van Hammen | 89 | 7 | / |
| van Omen | 88 | 18 | / |
| von Amen | 88 | 0 | / |
| van Amin | 88 | 0 | / |
| van Ommen | 82 | 3,187 | / |
| van Emmen | 82 | 77 | / |
| van Hemen | 82 | 5 | / |
| von Ahmen | 82 | 1 | / |
| von Ammen | 82 | 0 | / |
| van Heumen | 78 | 1,443 | / |
| van Hemmen | 78 | 507 | / |
| van Heimen | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Heummen | 74 | 8 | / |
| Van-Ommen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Van-Hemmen | 67 | 16 | / |
| von Eiment | 67 | 1 | / |
| Van-Heumen | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Amen
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