van Berchem Surname

2,555,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 57 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

van Berchem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van Berchem 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
Switzerland351:234,65519,741
Belgium191:605,08754,956
France31:22,140,907385,998

van Berchem Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Berchem is found most in Switzerland. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

The surname is the 2,555,468th most common family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of van Berchem live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 68 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

van Berchem is most commonly occurring in Switzerland, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 234,655. In Switzerland it is most common in: Republic and Canton of Geneva, where 86 percent live and Canton of Valais, where 14 percent live. Beside Switzerland this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 33 percent live and France, where 5 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
von Berchem913/
van Bergem86115/
van Berkem862/
van Bergen767,284/
van Vrekhem7321/
van Bergenn731/
von Bergen67905/
Van-Bergen672/
van Veersen6419/
van Veerssen612/
von Versen5743/
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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 Berchem
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