van der Westen Surname
Approximately 948 people bear this surname
van der Westen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 837 | 1:20,176 | 3,179 |
| Australia | 63 | 1:428,503 | 33,982 |
| Belgium | 23 | 1:499,854 | 48,667 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
van der Westen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Westen Come From? nationality or country of origin
van der Westen is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Westen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 377,044th most frequently held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 7,687,285 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of van der Westen live; 91 percent live in Western Europe and 91 percent live in Germanic Europe.
van der Westen is most common in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 837 people, or 1 in 20,176. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: North Brabant, where 59 percent reside, North Holland, where 13 percent reside and South Holland, where 11 percent reside. Besides The Netherlands this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 7 percent reside and Belgium, where 2 percent reside.
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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
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