van der Wege Surname

1,025,894th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 246 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van der Wege Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van der Wege 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
Netherlands2381:70,95512,066
United States81:45,307,367917,113

van der Wege Last Name Facts

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

The last name van der Wege is found most in The Netherlands. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of van der Wege click here.

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

The last name is the 1,025,894th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,624,170 people. The surname van der Wege occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of van der Wege live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 238 people, or 1 in 70,955. In The Netherlands van der Wege is most frequent in: Zeeland, where 72 percent live, South Holland, where 15 percent live and North Brabant, where 3 percent live. Apart from The Netherlands it is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent live.

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 Wege96264/
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van de Weghe92827/
von der Wege921/
van de Weege921/
van de Wehge921/
van de Wechge881/
van de Weyger881/
van de Wheghe881/
van de Wijer7534/
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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 Wege
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