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 occurs most in Belgium. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Meersch? popularity and diffusion
The surname van der Meersch is the 684,148th most frequently used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 16,791,580 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of van der Meersch reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 68 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is carried by 328 people, or 1 in 35,051. In Belgium van der Meersch is primarily found in: Flemish Region, where 90 percent live, Walloon Region, where 9 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent live. Apart from Belgium this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in France, where 23 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
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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