van Casteren Surname
Approximately 1,108 people bear this surname
van Casteren Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 596 | 1:28,334 | 4,642 |
| Belgium | 450 | 1:25,548 | 4,053 |
| Canada | 27 | 1:1,364,652 | 95,501 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
van Casteren Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Casteren Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Casteren is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of van Casteren click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Casteren? popularity and diffusion
It is the 333,448th most prevalent surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 6,577,208 people. The last name van Casteren is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of van Casteren reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 93 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
van Casteren is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 596 people, or 1 in 28,334. In The Netherlands van Casteren is most numerous in: North Brabant, where 70 percent live, Gelderland, where 12 percent live and North Holland, where 6 percent live. Outside of The Netherlands this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 41 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Kasteren | 92 | 1,432 | / |
| van Cauteren | 92 | 1,372 | / |
| Van-Casteren | 92 | 1 | / |
| van Caterin | 87 | 0 | / |
| van Kesteren | 83 | 3,152 | / |
| van Couteren | 83 | 93 | / |
| Van-Cauteren | 83 | 13 | / |
| van Kauteren | 83 | 2 | / |
| van Cauterem | 83 | 1 | / |
| van Kastering | 80 | 8 | / |
| van Keysteren | 80 | 6 | / |
| van Keijsteren | 77 | 54 | / |
| van Kouteren | 75 | 218 | / |
| Van-Kesteren | 75 | 1 | / |
| von Sohstern | 67 | 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
- 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 Casteren
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