van der Wijden Surname

1,085,744th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 227 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van der Wijden Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van der Wijden 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
Netherlands2221:76,06812,873
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003

van der Wijden Last Name Facts

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

The last name van der Wijden occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

The last name is the 1,085,744th most frequently held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 32,103,727 people. The surname van der Wijden occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of van der Wijden are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 222 people, or 1 in 76,068. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: South Holland, where 45 percent reside, North Holland, where 34 percent reside and Utrecht, where 14 percent reside. Besides The Netherlands van der Wijden occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 1 percent reside and The Philippines, where 1 percent reside.

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 der Weijden972,231/
van der Weiden93808/
van de Weijden939/
van der Wieden932/
van der Weiijden931/
von der Weijden905/
van der Wyden8916/
van der Wouden86564/
van der Weyden86564/
van der Wedden8678/
von der Weiden8629/
van der Weeden861/
von der Weyden794/
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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 Wijden
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