van der Houven Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van der Houven Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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van der Houven Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands861:196,36327,376
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

van der Houven Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name van der Houven Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name van der Houven is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of van der Houven.

How Common Is The Last Name van der Houven? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,943,350th most common last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of van der Houven reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname van der Houven is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 86 people, or 1 in 196,363. In The Netherlands van der Houven is most prevalent in: South Holland, where 63 percent live, North Brabant, where 19 percent live and Gelderland, where 6 percent live. Outside of The Netherlands van der Houven exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 3 percent live and Belgium, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van der Hoven962,567/
van der Hoeven936,304/
van der Hovenn931/
van de Hoven9210/
van der Haven89469/
van de Hoeven8912/
von der Hoeven867/
van der Haeven861/
van der Heeven861/
Van-Der-Hoven814/
Van-Der-Hoeven797/
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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 Houven
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