van der Meersche Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van der Meersche Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van der Meersche 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
Belgium521:221,08928,230
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155

van der Meersche Last Name Facts

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

The last name van der Meersche is found in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of van der Meersche click here.

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

van der Meersche is the 2,352,516th most widely held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of van der Meersche live; 91 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 221,089. In Belgium van der Meersche is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 98 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent live. Barring Belgium it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 9 percent live.

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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 Meersche
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