van Aswegen Surname

52,079th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,833 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

van Aswegen Surname Definition:

From place name in Germany (Eschwege, new Oldenburg. Also written Edewacht).

van Aswegen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa9,5481:5,674717
England1021:546,25533,762
Australia811:333,28028,364
United States171:21,321,114641,998
New Zealand171:266,37223,826
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Namibia51:481,88011,140
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

van Aswegen Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From place name in Germany (Eschwege, new Oldenburg. Also written Edewacht).

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

van Aswegen Last Name Facts

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

van Aswegen is most common in South Africa. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

It is the 52,079th most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 741,131 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of van Aswegen reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname van Aswegen is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 9,548 people, or 1 in 5,674. In South Africa van Aswegen is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 37 percent reside, North West, where 13 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 11 percent reside. Not including South Africa this surname exists in 25 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.

van Aswegen Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Aswegen earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 98.86% more than the national average, earning R 472,560 per year and in Canada they earn 16.2% more than the national average, earning $57,734 CAD per year.

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