van Assen Surname

399,716th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 880 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Assen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Assen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands7881:21,4303,402
England211:2,653,24194,788
United States211:17,259,949572,238
Australia171:1,587,98278,599
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
France11:66,422,722504,397
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529

van Assen Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Assen occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

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

This surname is the 399,716th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 8,281,302 people. The last name van Assen is predominantly found in Europe, where 92 percent of van Assen are found; 90 percent are found in Western Europe and 90 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 788 people, or 1 in 21,430. In The Netherlands van Assen is most frequent in: Overijssel, where 18 percent reside, Friesland, where 17 percent reside and Gelderland, where 16 percent reside. Aside from The Netherlands it exists in 10 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

van Assen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of van Assen has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 420 percent between 1881 and 2014.

van Assen Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Assen earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 96.84% more than the national average, earning R 467,760 per year and in Canada they earn 7.24% less than the national average, earning $46,086 CAD 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
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  • 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 Assen
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