van Ankum Surname

2,121,169th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 79 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Ankum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Ankum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands441:383,79941,363
Canada341:1,083,69479,951
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

van Ankum Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Ankum is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

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

van Ankum is the 2,121,169th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 56 percent of van Ankum are found; 56 percent are found in Western Europe and 56 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name van Ankum is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 383,799. In The Netherlands van Ankum is most numerous in: Overijssel, where 43 percent live, South Holland, where 43 percent live and Gelderland, where 11 percent live. Outside of The Netherlands this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 43 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.

van Ankum Last Name Statistics demography

van Ankum earn around the same as the average income. In Canada they earn 0.98% more than the national average, earning $50,169 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Wankum9561/
Vanankum9411/
van Ancum8931/
Vanwankum893/
van Wankem841/
Vonankum821/
van Hanekom801/
von Ankem781/
von Anckem744/
Vanankamoh741/
van Ngem711/
van Hanegem70127/
Vananicam673/
Vannangam671/

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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
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  • 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 Ankum
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