van Diem 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 Diem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Diem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2031:83,18813,893
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
England41:13,929,515290,718
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

van Diem Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Diem is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name van Diem? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,085,744th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 32,103,727 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 96 percent of van Diem are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 94 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 203 people, or 1 in 83,188. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: North Brabant, where 49 percent live, South Holland, where 24 percent live and North Holland, where 14 percent live. Barring The Netherlands this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 4 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Dem937/
van Dim930/
van Dien88213/
Van-Diem881/
van Duim881/
van Dijen82224/
van Dieen8270/
van Dieën8225/
von Dem80196/
van Diesen78519/
van Dieten78314/
van Doijen781/
van Duijen781/
van Dyen7518/
van Duym757/
Van-Duem751/
van Dyme751/
van Daym750/
van Diessen74568/
van Dieijen7435/
van Gyen6317/
Van-Dyen639/

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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to van Diem
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