van der Wege Surname
Approximately 246 people bear this surname
van der Wege Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 238 | 1:70,955 | 12,066 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
van der Wege Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Wege Come From? nationality or country of origin
van der Wege is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Wege? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,025,894th most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 29,624,170 people. The surname van der Wege occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of van der Wege reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname van der Wege is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 238 people, or 1 in 70,955. In The Netherlands van der Wege is primarily concentrated in: Zeeland, where 72 percent are found, South Holland, where 15 percent are found and North Brabant, where 3 percent are found. Excluding The Netherlands van der Wege occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van de Wege | 96 | 264 | / |
| van der Weghe | 96 | 13 | / |
| van de Weghe | 92 | 827 | / |
| von der Wege | 92 | 1 | / |
| van de Weege | 92 | 1 | / |
| van de Wehge | 92 | 1 | / |
| van de Wechge | 88 | 1 | / |
| van de Weyger | 88 | 1 | / |
| van de Wheghe | 88 | 1 | / |
| van de Wijer | 75 | 34 | / |
| van de Visger | 72 | 8 | / |
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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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