van Beek Surname

24,873rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21,705 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Beek Surname User-submission:

This is a Dutch surname, denoting a person who came from the town of Beek, Netherlands (beek means 'place of the water stream'). There is no der in the middle of this surname, so it would indicate a place named Beek instead.

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van Beek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands17,8391:94738
Belgium7481:15,3702,349
United States7031:515,58943,135
Australia6091:44,3285,585
Germany3741:215,25524,301
Canada3531:104,37811,269
South Africa2551:212,46222,434
New Zealand1971:22,9864,040
France1841:360,99353,985
England741:752,94741,527
Spain731:640,43929,091
Thailand661:1,070,278160,486
Switzerland521:157,94114,824
Suriname321:17,2694,028
Denmark251:225,78917,947
Brazil201:10,703,717220,519
Sweden191:518,25037,550
Iceland91:42,2322,922
China81:170,915,1968,932
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Luxembourg41:145,1366,519
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Faroe Islands11:48,9982,049
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Malta11:430,2723,380
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States451:1,115,97164,142

van Beek (11) may also be a first name.

van Beek Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This is a Dutch surname, denoting a person who came from the town of Beek, Netherlands (beek means 'place of the water stream'). There is no der in the middle of this surname, so it would indicate a place named Beek instead.

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van Beek Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Beek is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

The surname is the 24,873rd most frequently held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 335,754 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 90 percent of van Beek reside; 88 percent reside in Western Europe and 87 percent reside in Germanic Europe. van Beek is also the 3,487,849th most numerous given name world-wide It is held by 11 people.

The surname van Beek is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 17,839 people, or 1 in 947. In The Netherlands it is most common in: Gelderland, where 22 percent are found, North Brabant, where 21 percent are found and South Holland, where 19 percent are found. Excluding The Netherlands it exists in 54 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.

van Beek Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of van Beek has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the van Beek surname rose 1,562 percent between 1880 and 2014.

van Beek Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States van Beek are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 100% being registered with the political party.

The amount van Beek earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 70.41% more than the national average, earning R 404,952 per year; in United States they earn 79.28% more than the national average, earning $77,357 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.86% more than the national average, earning $55,079 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Beeck94965/
van Bek932/
van Beck8875/
Van-Beek8852/
van Beik8831/
van Beke8810/
van Beak881/
van Veek880/
von Bek801/
von Beck7551/
van Bick758/
Van-Beck754/
Van-Boek754/
von Boeck7135/
von Beckh713/
van Vyk671/
van Vuyk631/
van Vick630/
van Baugh593/
van Vaick590/
van Vic531/

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