van der Hem Surname
Approximately 144 people bear this surname
van der Hem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 140 | 1:120,623 | 18,951 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
van der Hem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Hem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van der Hem is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Hem? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,471,719th most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 50,607,958 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of van der Hem reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 140 people, or 1 in 120,623. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: Friesland, where 59 percent reside, Gelderland, where 14 percent reside and Groningen, where 6 percent reside. Excluding The Netherlands this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Thailand, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van der Heim | 96 | 40 | / |
| van der Heem | 96 | 28 | / |
| van der Eem | 91 | 173 | / |
| van der Henne | 83 | 33 | / |
| van der Ent | 82 | 1,166 | / |
| van der Eng | 82 | 615 | / |
| van der End | 82 | 278 | / |
| van der Gen | 82 | 29 | / |
| van der Een | 82 | 1 | / |
| van der Huysen | 80 | 1 | / |
| van der Endt | 78 | 297 | / |
| van de Enk | 76 | 1 | / |
| van der Essen | 75 | 34 | / |
| van de Geyn | 73 | 88 | / |
| van de Geijn | 70 | 404 | / |
| van der Huisink | 69 | 1 | / |
| van der Hoitink | 69 | 1 | / |
| van de Hissin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Van-Der-End | 64 | 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
- 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 Hem
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