van den Hoef Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van den Hoef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van den Hoef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands141:1,206,22770,951
Canada61:6,140,932260,641

van den Hoef Last Name Facts

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

The surname van den Hoef is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name van den Hoef? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,427,875th most commonly used family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 70 percent of van den Hoef live; 70 percent live in Western Europe and 70 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 1,206,227. In The Netherlands it is most common in: Limburg, where 43 percent live, South Holland, where 36 percent live and Gelderland, where 7 percent live. Barring The Netherlands van den Hoef is found in one country. It also occurs in Canada, where 30 percent live.

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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
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