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

The surname van de Gent is found in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

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

The surname is the 5,587,209th most commonly occurring last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. It 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.

It is most widespread in Belgium, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 1,045,149. In Belgium van de Gent is most prevalent in: Flemish Region, where 82 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 18 percent reside. Outside of Belgium van de Gent is found in one country. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 8 percent reside.

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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