van Dúnem Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Angola
Highest density in:
Angola

van Dúnem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Dúnem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Angola161:1,686,8263,823
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048

The alternate forms: van Dunem (2,417) & van Duném (1) are calculated separately.

van Dúnem Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Dúnem is carried by more people in Angola than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: van Dunem or van Duném. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

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

It is the 4,772,636th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname van Dúnem is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of van Dúnem reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa.

The surname van Dúnem is most common in Angola, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 1,686,826. Apart from Angola this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Portugal, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Dunem962,417/
van Duném931/
Van-Dúnem8914,831/
Van-Dunem7814,467/
van Dunen786/
Van-Dúnen784/
Van-Dùnem784/
van Donen781/
van Duinen741,598/
van Duynen7443/
Van-Dounem742/
van Daunen741/
van Duijnen70142/
Van-Dunen6752/
Van-Duném6736/
van Dunink634/
von Dunin564/
Van-Dunén561/
Von-Duinen531/

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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 Dúnem
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