van Caenegem Surname
Approximately 501 people bear this surname
van Caenegem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 435 | 1:26,429 | 4,194 |
| France | 37 | 1:1,795,209 | 158,669 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Caenegem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Caenegem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Caenegem is more frequently found in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of van Caenegem click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Caenegem? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 615,220th most commonly used surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 14,546,000 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of van Caenegem live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 80 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequently occurring in Belgium, where it is held by 435 people, or 1 in 26,429. In Belgium van Caenegem is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 89 percent reside, Brussels Capital Region, where 6 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 5 percent reside. Beside Belgium this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in France, where 7 percent reside and Switzerland, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Caeneghem | 96 | 551 | / |
| van Canegem | 96 | 157 | / |
| van Caenegm | 96 | 1 | / |
| van Caneghem | 92 | 528 | / |
| Vancaeneghem | 92 | 221 | / |
| van Cannegem | 92 | 23 | / |
| van Caeneghen | 88 | 9 | / |
| Van-Caeneghem | 88 | 9 | / |
| Vancaneghem | 87 | 87 | / |
| van Coneghem | 83 | 15 | / |
| Van-Caneghem | 83 | 9 | / |
| Vanconeghem | 78 | 30 | / |
| van Konnegem | 75 | 10 | / |
| Vankanicam | 55 | 1 | / |
| Vanakanicam | 52 | 1 | / |
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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 Caenegem
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