van Bossum Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Bossum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van Bossum 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
Netherlands691:244,74231,623
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

van Bossum Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Bossum occurs most in The Netherlands. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of van Bossum click here.

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

The surname van Bossum is the 2,220,661st most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. The surname van Bossum occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of van Bossum are found; 95 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name van Bossum is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 69 people, or 1 in 244,742. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: North Holland, where 42 percent live, North Brabant, where 33 percent live and South Holland, where 16 percent live. Excluding The Netherlands this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 4 percent live and South Africa, where 1 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 Bussum906/
van Busum845/
von Bussum800/
van Buseum800/
van Bussom800/
von Basum745/
van Bachum7020/
van Boshuysen709/
van Basshuysen6723/
van Basshuisen6710/
van Bashuisen616/
van Baßhuysen528/
van Baßhuisen527/
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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 Bossum
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