van Echten Surname
Approximately 193 people bear this surname
van Echten Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 128 | 1:131,931 | 20,423 |
| New Zealand | 36 | 1:125,787 | 15,451 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
van Echten Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Echten Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Echten occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van Echten? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,214,709th most prevalent family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 37,759,305 people. The last name van Echten occurs mostly in Europe, where 75 percent of van Echten are found; 75 percent are found in Western Europe and 75 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most common in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 128 people, or 1 in 131,931. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: Overijssel, where 26 percent are found, South Holland, where 23 percent are found and Drenthe, where 21 percent are found. Aside from The Netherlands van Echten exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 19 percent are found and Germany, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Hechten | 95 | 1 | / |
| van Ochten | 90 | 262 | / |
| van Achten | 90 | 24 | / |
| van Eten | 89 | 4 | / |
| van Etten | 84 | 2,762 | / |
| van Eeten | 84 | 501 | / |
| van Esten | 84 | 2 | / |
| van Etien | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Eaten | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Hetten | 80 | 195 | / |
| von Achten | 80 | 17 | / |
| van Hesten | 80 | 2 | / |
| van Geyten | 80 | 2 | / |
| van Heuten | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Estten | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Eetten | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Iten | 78 | 31 | / |
| van Geijten | 76 | 7 | / |
| van Hysteen | 76 | 1 | / |
| Van-Etten | 74 | 4 | / |
| van Uyten | 74 | 3 | / |
| van Hetem | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Eetem | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Oyten | 74 | 1 | / |
| Van-Eeten | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Estin | 74 | 0 | / |
| van Ettin | 74 | 0 | / |
| van Eatin | 74 | 0 | / |
| von Esten | 74 | 0 | / |
| van Huysteen | 73 | 44 | / |
| van Hyssteen | 73 | 1 | / |
| van Huyssteen | 70 | 4,138 | / |
| van Hüyssteen | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Heyssteen | 70 | 1 | / |
| von Hetten | 70 | 0 | / |
| van Etting | 70 | 0 | / |
| van Item | 67 | 47 | / |
| von Huyssteen | 61 | 1 | / |
| van Uiting | 60 | 1 | / |
| van Uijting | 57 | 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 Echten
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