van Atten Surname

1,064,392nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 234 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Atten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Atten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2161:78,18113,193
United States141:25,889,924709,614
France21:33,211,361423,184
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States451:1,115,97164,142

van Atten Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Atten occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

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

It is the 1,064,392nd most widely held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 31,143,359 people. The surname van Atten is predominantly found in Europe, where 94 percent of van Atten reside; 93 percent reside in Western Europe and 92 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 216 people, or 1 in 78,181. In The Netherlands van Atten is primarily found in: South Holland, where 70 percent are found, North Holland, where 10 percent are found and Gelderland, where 7 percent are found. Barring The Netherlands this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.

van Atten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of van Atten has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the van Atten last name fell 69 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Atten
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