van der Meche Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
van der Meche Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 32 | 1:527,724 | 48,879 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
The alternate forms: van der Meché (45) are calculated separately.
van der Meche Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Meche Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van der Meche is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: van der Meché. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Meche? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,373,373rd most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. van der Meche occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of van der Meche are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 94 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname van der Meche is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 527,724. In The Netherlands van der Meche is primarily found in: North Holland, where 69 percent are found, Overijssel, where 25 percent are found and Friesland, where 3 percent are found. Aside from The Netherlands this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 3 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van der Meché | 97 | 45 | / |
| van der Mech | 96 | 14 | / |
| van der Mesche | 96 | 8 | / |
| van der Mechie | 96 | 5 | / |
| van der Messche | 93 | 1 | / |
| van der Miche | 92 | 1 | / |
| van der Mesch | 92 | 1 | / |
| van der Mescht | 89 | 2,933 | / |
| van der Mésche | 89 | 1 | / |
| van der Meij | 80 | 3,942 | / |
| van der Mije | 80 | 225 | / |
| van der Meys | 80 | 101 | / |
| van der Meis | 80 | 8 | / |
| van der Mest | 80 | 2 | / |
| van der Meijs | 77 | 974 | / |
| van de Meij | 75 | 5 | / |
| van der Mij | 75 | 2 | / |
| van der Mijs | 72 | 1 | / |
| van der Mais | 72 | 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 Meche
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