van Dockum Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
van Dockum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 72 | 1:234,544 | 30,714 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
van Dockum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Dockum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Dockum has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of van Dockum.
How Common Is The Last Name van Dockum? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,203,767th most widely held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of van Dockum are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name van Dockum is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 72 people, or 1 in 234,544. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: Utrecht, where 35 percent are found, South Holland, where 33 percent are found and Gelderland, where 22 percent are found. Excluding The Netherlands van Dockum exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vandockum | 95 | 4 | / |
| van Dokum | 95 | 0 | / |
| van Dokkum | 90 | 521 | / |
| Vandokkum | 84 | 4 | / |
| van Dykum | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Dokun | 84 | 0 | / |
| van Dijkum | 80 | 47 | / |
| van Dokkem | 80 | 1 | / |
| van de Kam | 70 | 55 | / |
| van Tuyckom | 67 | 103 | / |
| van Attekum | 67 | 41 | / |
| van Otichem | 67 | 19 | / |
| van Attikum | 67 | 8 | / |
| van de Gohm | 67 | 5 | / |
| Vandakam | 67 | 5 | / |
| van Atticum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vandekim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vandecam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vandekam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vandykem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vandikam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vandegom | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Dockum
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