van Dokkum Surname
Approximately 521 people bear this surname
van Dokkum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 496 | 1:34,047 | 5,684 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
van Dokkum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Dokkum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Dokkum is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Dokkum? popularity and diffusion
It is the 597,433rd most frequently used last name in the world, held by around 1 in 13,987,612 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of van Dokkum live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most common in The Netherlands, where it is held by 496 people, or 1 in 34,047. In The Netherlands van Dokkum is most common in: North Holland, where 23 percent live, South Holland, where 23 percent live and Utrecht, where 12 percent live. Excluding The Netherlands van Dokkum is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vandokkum | 95 | 4 | / |
| van Dokum | 95 | 0 | / |
| van Dockum | 90 | 74 | / |
| van Dokkem | 90 | 1 | / |
| Vandockum | 84 | 4 | / |
| van Dykum | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Dokun | 84 | 0 | / |
| van Dijkum | 80 | 47 | / |
| van de Kam | 70 | 55 | / |
| van Attekum | 67 | 41 | / |
| van Attikum | 67 | 8 | / |
| van de Gohm | 67 | 5 | / |
| Vandakam | 67 | 5 | / |
| Vandekim | 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
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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 Dokkum
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