van Custem Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Custem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Custem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van Custem Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Custem is held by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

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

It is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 88 percent of van Custem are found; 88 percent are found in Western Europe and 50 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

van Custem is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 1,642,378. In Belgium it is most common in: Walloon Region, where 57 percent reside and Flemish Region, where 43 percent reside. Not including Belgium this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Cautem902/
van Cauthem863/
van Cothem8011/
van Cottem806/
van Cootem801/
van Couten801/
van Cotthem76449/
van Cautuen760/
van Kuten741/
van Cooten70417/
van Kouten704/
van Koten63208/
van Kooten604,019/
Van-Cooten6018/
Van-Kooten501/

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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 Custem
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