van Bentheim Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Bentheim Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van Bentheim Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands301:562,90650,501
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

van Bentheim Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Bentheim is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

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

van Bentheim is the 3,543,123rd most prevalent family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. The last name van Bentheim occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of van Bentheim live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 562,906. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: Overijssel, where 83 percent live and North Holland, where 17 percent live. Barring The Netherlands it is found in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Benthem961,766/
von Bentheim9234/
van Bentem91300/
van Wenthem875/
van Benthysen800/
van Benthuysen7760/
van Bentheusen770/
van Bentheysen770/
van Benthaysen770/
van Benthuysin770/

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van Bentheim Reference & Research

Van Benthem DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Van Benthem FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Bentheim
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis