van Dammen Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
van Dammen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 28 | 1:603,113 | 52,179 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
van Dammen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Dammen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Dammen is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Dammen? popularity and diffusion
The last name van Dammen is the 3,602,217th most commonly held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 93 percent of van Dammen are found; 93 percent are found in Western Europe and 93 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 603,113. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: Groningen, where 39 percent reside, Gelderland, where 18 percent reside and North Holland, where 18 percent reside. Apart from The Netherlands it exists in one country. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Damen | 95 | 4 | / |
| van Daamen | 90 | 1 | / |
| van Daemen | 90 | 1 | / |
| van Dament | 90 | 0 | / |
| van Demen | 84 | 37 | / |
| van Damne | 84 | 6 | / |
| van Doimen | 80 | 20 | / |
| van Deemen | 80 | 6 | / |
| Van-Doimen | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Dominck | 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 Dammen
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