van de Gent Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van de Gent Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van de Gent Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium111:1,045,14978,166
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

van de Gent Last Name Facts

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

van de Gent is found most frequently in Belgium. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name van de Gent? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,587,209th most frequently held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name van de Gent is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of van de Gent live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 83 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently held in Belgium, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 1,045,149. In Belgium van de Gent is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 82 percent live and Walloon Region, where 18 percent live. Beside Belgium this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van der Ent911,166/
van der Gen9129/
van der Endt87297/
van der Goen8712/
van der End82278/
van der Geeten801/
van der Zeen781/
van der Shnd701/
von der Gönne672/
Van-Der-End641/

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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 de Gent
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