van der Hek Surname
Approximately 224 people bear this surname
van der Hek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 191 | 1:88,415 | 14,631 |
| Suriname | 19 | 1:29,085 | 5,642 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
van der Hek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Hek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van der Hek is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Hek? popularity and diffusion
van der Hek is the 1,095,216th most prevalent last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 32,533,687 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 86 percent of van der Hek are found; 86 percent are found in Western Europe and 86 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 191 people, or 1 in 88,415. In The Netherlands van der Hek is most numerous in: South Holland, where 51 percent reside, North Holland, where 15 percent reside and Utrecht, where 12 percent reside. Besides The Netherlands it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Suriname, where 8 percent reside and Australia, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van der Hecke | 92 | 1 | / |
| van der Eyk | 91 | 137 | / |
| van der Eik | 91 | 43 | / |
| van der Eck | 91 | 1 | / |
| van der Eek | 91 | 1 | / |
| van der Eijk | 87 | 1,471 | / |
| van der Heeg | 87 | 4 | / |
| van der Eyck | 87 | 1 | / |
| van der Eyke | 87 | 1 | / |
| van de Heg | 86 | 68 | / |
| van der Eeckt | 83 | 5 | / |
| van der Eijck | 83 | 5 | / |
| van der Eijjk | 83 | 5 | / |
| van der Eecke | 83 | 1 | / |
| van der Eijke | 83 | 1 | / |
| Van-Der-Eik | 73 | 10 | / |
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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 der Hek
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