van der Poten Surname

2,007,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 87 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van der Poten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van der Poten 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
Belgium821:140,20320,001
England31:18,572,686338,250
France11:66,422,722504,397
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471

van der Poten Last Name Facts

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

The surname van der Poten occurs more in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

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

The surname is the 2,007,164th most frequently occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of van der Poten reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 94 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

van der Poten is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 140,203. In Belgium it is most common in: Flemish Region, where 100 percent are found. Barring Belgium this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 3 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van de Poten961/
van der Puten922/
van der Putten893,613/
van der Pütten896/
van de Putten8521/
van der Pan832/
von der Putten8111/
van der Pant8080/
van der Pand802/
van der Panne77288/
Van-Der-Putten741/
van de Panne7257/
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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 Poten
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