van Dekken Surname
Approximately 317 people bear this surname
van Dekken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 311 | 1:54,300 | 9,327 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Dekken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Dekken Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Dekken is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Dekken? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 858,879th most widely held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 22,989,104 people. van Dekken occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of van Dekken are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 311 people, or 1 in 54,300. In The Netherlands van Dekken is most numerous in: Friesland, where 51 percent reside, North Holland, where 14 percent reside and Groningen, where 11 percent reside. Barring The Netherlands this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vandekken | 95 | 14 | / |
| van Deken | 95 | 0 | / |
| van Dieken | 90 | 51 | / |
| van Deyken | 90 | 1 | / |
| van Dokkenn | 86 | 0 | / |
| van Dyken | 84 | 475 | / |
| Vandieken | 84 | 263 | / |
| Vendekken | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Duken | 84 | 0 | / |
| van de Eeken | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Dijken | 80 | 2,624 | / |
| von Dieken | 80 | 2 | / |
| van Takken | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Deugen | 80 | 0 | / |
| Vandyken | 78 | 956 | / |
| Vandekan | 78 | 209 | / |
| Vandiken | 78 | 14 | / |
| van de Geyn | 76 | 88 | / |
| van de Gein | 76 | 50 | / |
| Vanheideken | 76 | 1 | / |
| Vandewecken | 76 | 0 | / |
| Vandekaan | 74 | 112 | / |
| Vandijken | 74 | 10 | / |
| Vandicken | 74 | 7 | / |
| Van-Dyken | 74 | 7 | / |
| Vendekkan | 74 | 5 | / |
| van Dogen | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Dugen | 74 | 0 | / |
| Vandeguen | 74 | 0 | / |
| van Dokun | 74 | 0 | / |
| van de Geijn | 73 | 404 | / |
| von Heideken | 73 | 57 | / |
| van de Hogen | 73 | 19 | / |
| van Heddegen | 73 | 3 | / |
| van de Hagen | 73 | 0 | / |
| Venedokken | 70 | 6 | / |
| van de Can | 70 | 2 | / |
| Vandewegne | 70 | 2 | / |
| van de Hoogen | 70 | 2 | / |
| van Daukan | 70 | 1 | / |
| Vandekaana | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Deacon | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Teeckeoen | 70 | 1 | / |
| Vandecan | 67 | 178 | / |
| Vonheideken | 67 | 7 | / |
| Vindyken | 67 | 5 | / |
| Fandekon | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Dijk-Henny | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Attekun | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Ootegen | 67 | 1 | / |
| van de Gijn | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Tieghen | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Oteghen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vann-Deegan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vandakin | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Dekken
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