van der Sommen Surname
Approximately 446 people bear this surname
van der Sommen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 421 | 1:40,112 | 6,809 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
van der Sommen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Sommen Come From? nationality or country of origin
van der Sommen is most common in The Netherlands. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Sommen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 670,508th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 16,339,789 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of van der Sommen live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 421 people, or 1 in 40,112. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: North Brabant, where 59 percent reside, South Holland, where 15 percent reside and North Holland, where 6 percent reside. Not including The Netherlands it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vandersommen | 92 | 108 | / |
| van der Cammen | 86 | 318 | / |
| van der Sman | 85 | 874 | / |
| van Dersman | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vandersimmon | 77 | 1 | / |
| van der Huisman | 76 | 1 | / |
| Vandersman | 75 | 37 | / |
| vander Simiano | 64 | 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
- 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 Sommen
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