van der Meersch Surname
Approximately 434 people bear this surname
van der Meersch Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 328 | 1:35,051 | 5,704 |
| France | 99 | 1:670,937 | 86,003 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
van der Meersch Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Meersch Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van der Meersch is more commonly found in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Meersch? popularity and diffusion
The last name van der Meersch is the 684,148th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 16,791,580 people. The last name van der Meersch occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of van der Meersch are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 68 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most widely held in Belgium, where it is borne by 328 people, or 1 in 35,051. In Belgium van der Meersch is primarily found in: Flemish Region, where 90 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 9 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent are found. Barring Belgium this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in France, where 23 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van der Mersch | 97 | 109 | / |
| van der Meersche | 97 | 66 | / |
| van de Meersch | 97 | 50 | / |
| van der Meerssche | 94 | 12 | / |
| van der Meirsch | 93 | 155 | / |
| van de Meersche | 93 | 123 | / |
| van de Meerssche | 90 | 340 | / |
| van de Meirsch | 90 | 1 | / |
| van der Meirch | 90 | 1 | / |
| van der Meirsche | 90 | 1 | / |
| van der Mercht | 90 | 1 | / |
| van de Meerrssche | 88 | 1 | / |
| van der Meirssche | 88 | 1 | / |
| Van-Der-Meersch | 87 | 2 | / |
| van de Meirsche | 87 | 2 | / |
| van de Meirssch | 87 | 1 | / |
| van de Meirssche | 84 | 111 | / |
| Van-Der-Meersche | 84 | 1 | / |
| van de Meirssc | 83 | 1 | / |
| van der Mars | 81 | 174 | / |
| van de Mars | 77 | 19 | / |
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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 Meersch
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