van der Giesen Surname
Approximately 433 people bear this surname
van der Giesen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 415 | 1:40,692 | 6,916 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van der Giesen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Giesen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van der Giesen is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Giesen? popularity and diffusion
van der Giesen is the 685,266th most frequently used last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,830,360 people. van der Giesen is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of van der Giesen are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 415 people, or 1 in 40,692. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: South Holland, where 50 percent are found, North Brabant, where 18 percent are found and North Holland, where 13 percent are found. Barring The Netherlands this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 2 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van der Giessen | 97 | 1,947 | / |
| van der Gieszen | 97 | 1 | / |
| van de Giesen | 96 | 43 | / |
| van de Giessen | 93 | 361 | / |
| van der Giezen | 93 | 160 | / |
| van der Essen | 89 | 34 | / |
| van de Gissen | 89 | 2 | / |
| van der Geyten | 86 | 5 | / |
| van der Geeten | 86 | 1 | / |
| van der Gijzen | 86 | 1 | / |
| van der Guyssen | 83 | 1 | / |
| van de Geyn | 80 | 88 | / |
| van de Gijn | 80 | 1 | / |
| van de Geijn | 77 | 404 | / |
| van der Zooijen | 76 | 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
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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 der Giesen
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