van der Poorten Surname
Approximately 785 people bear this surname
van der Poorten Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 416 | 1:27,636 | 4,407 |
| Sri Lanka | 292 | 1:71,262 | 7,441 |
| Netherlands | 40 | 1:422,179 | 43,576 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
van der Poorten Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Poorten Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van der Poorten is more frequently found in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Poorten? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 437,080th most frequently held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 9,283,498 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 61 percent of van der Poorten reside; 60 percent reside in Western Europe and 54 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most common in Belgium, where it is carried by 416 people, or 1 in 27,636. In Belgium van der Poorten is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 91 percent live, Walloon Region, where 8 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Belgium van der Poorten occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Sri Lanka, where 37 percent live and The Netherlands, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| vander Poorten | 97 | 65 | / |
| van de Poorten | 97 | 9 | / |
| van Derpoorten | 97 | 4 | / |
| van der Porten | 97 | 2 | / |
| Vanderpoorten | 93 | 448 | / |
| van der Poortem | 93 | 1 | / |
| von der Porten | 90 | 35 | / |
| Vanderporten | 89 | 12 | / |
| Van-Der-Poorten | 87 | 1 | / |
| von Derporten | 86 | 1 | / |
| van der Borden | 83 | 201 | / |
| van der Barten | 83 | 1 | / |
| Vonderporten | 81 | 13 | / |
| vander Borden | 79 | 1 | / |
| Vanderborden | 74 | 1 | / |
| van der Beurden | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vanderbreyden | 64 | 0 | / |
| Vinatier Bertin | 53 | 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
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- 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 Poorten
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