van Beneden Surname

356,452nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,019 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Beneden Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Beneden Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium9021:12,7461,915
France601:1,107,045119,335
Netherlands391:433,00544,158
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Panama11:3,912,25817,195

van Beneden Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Beneden is found most in Belgium. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

The last name is the 356,452nd most widespread family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 7,151,664 people. The surname van Beneden occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of van Beneden live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 63 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is borne by 902 people, or 1 in 12,746. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 67 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 16 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 16 percent are found. Not including Belgium this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in France, where 6 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vanbeneden95309/
van Benden951/
van Benten86380/
van Bentenn820/
Vanbenten8017/
van Bentun763/
Vanbandon7091/
von Benton671/
Vanbentine671/
van Pandino641/
Vanpenton602/

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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 Beneden
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