van Balken Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
van Balken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 83 | 1:203,460 | 28,061 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
van Balken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Balken Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Balken is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Balken? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,034,059th most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of van Balken are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname van Balken is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 83 people, or 1 in 203,460. In The Netherlands it is most common in: Gelderland, where 27 percent reside, North Holland, where 24 percent reside and Utrecht, where 22 percent reside. Apart from The Netherlands van Balken is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 1 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Bulken | 90 | 31 | / |
| van Balkon | 90 | 2 | / |
| van Valken | 90 | 0 | / |
| van Balgoyen | 82 | 12 | / |
| von Balkon | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Belkun | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Wolken | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Balgooyen | 78 | 0 | / |
| van Ballegoyen | 75 | 30 | / |
| von Bleicken | 73 | 3 | / |
| van Belligen | 73 | 1 | / |
| van Bellegen | 73 | 1 | / |
| van Ballegooyen | 72 | 329 | / |
| van Ballegooien | 72 | 3 | / |
| von Pelken | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Bilgon | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Belleghen | 70 | 1 | / |
| Vanballegoyen | 70 | 1 | / |
| Vanballegooyen | 67 | 49 | / |
| Vonbleicken | 67 | 5 | / |
| van Blochin | 67 | 0 | / |
| van Pellecon | 64 | 5 | / |
| Vanbilgon | 63 | 1 | / |
| van Pel-Huigen | 58 | 1 | / |
| Phannaplakoon | 52 | 6 | / |
| van Pellikaan | 52 | 1 | / |
| Phannapalakoon | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Balken
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