van Dunem Surname
Approximately 2,417 people bear this surname
van Dunem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 2,366 | 1:11,407 | 1,401 |
| Brazil | 25 | 1:8,562,973 | 188,780 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: van Dúnem (17) & van Duném (1) are calculated separately.
van Dunem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Dunem Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Dunem occurs more in Angola more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as: van Dúnem or van Duném. Click here for further possible spellings of van Dunem.
How Common Is The Last Name van Dunem? popularity and diffusion
van Dunem is the 177,014th most common last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 3,015,120 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of van Dunem are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Angola, where it is carried by 2,366 people, or 1 in 11,407. Barring Angola this last name is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 1 percent live and The Netherlands, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Dúnem | 96 | 17 | / |
| van Duném | 96 | 1 | / |
| Van-Dunem | 89 | 14,467 | / |
| van Dunen | 89 | 6 | / |
| van Duinen | 84 | 1,598 | / |
| van Duynen | 84 | 43 | / |
| Van-Dounem | 84 | 2 | / |
| van Daunen | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Duijnen | 80 | 142 | / |
| Van-Dúnem | 78 | 14,831 | / |
| Van-Dunen | 78 | 52 | / |
| Van-Duném | 78 | 36 | / |
| Van-Dùnem | 78 | 4 | / |
| van Donen | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Dunink | 74 | 4 | / |
| von Dunin | 67 | 4 | / |
| Van-Dúnen | 67 | 4 | / |
| Van-Dunén | 67 | 1 | / |
| Von-Duinen | 63 | 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 Dunem
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