van Eken Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
van Eken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 40 | 1:422,179 | 43,576 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Eken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Eken Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Eken has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van Eken? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,055,934th most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name van Eken occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of van Eken live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name van Eken is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 422,179. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: Drenthe, where 30 percent are found, South Holland, where 28 percent are found and Groningen, where 18 percent are found. Aside from The Netherlands it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Eyken | 94 | 1,027 | / |
| van Aeken | 94 | 243 | / |
| van Eeken | 94 | 220 | / |
| van Ecken | 94 | 59 | / |
| van Eiken | 94 | 32 | / |
| van Eycken | 89 | 735 | / |
| van Eijken | 89 | 260 | / |
| van Hekken | 89 | 204 | / |
| van Hecken | 89 | 82 | / |
| van Haeken | 89 | 80 | / |
| van Hoeken | 89 | 74 | / |
| van Eicken | 89 | 8 | / |
| van Aecken | 89 | 1 | / |
| van Aken | 88 | 5,325 | / |
| van Yken | 88 | 36 | / |
| van Eijcken | 84 | 13 | / |
| van Aaken | 82 | 434 | / |
| van Acken | 82 | 141 | / |
| van Ijken | 82 | 94 | / |
| van Ocken | 82 | 56 | / |
| van Haken | 82 | 25 | / |
| van-Eiken | 82 | 4 | / |
| von Eyken | 82 | 3 | / |
| Van-Eyken | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Aiken | 82 | 0 | / |
| von Oeken | 82 | 0 | / |
| van Aacken | 78 | 61 | / |
| von Eicken | 78 | 35 | / |
| van Hakken | 78 | 6 | / |
| van Ijcken | 78 | 6 | / |
| Van-Eycken | 78 | 2 | / |
| van Akin | 75 | 38 | / |
| von Aken | 75 | 8 | / |
| Van-Aken | 75 | 7 | / |
| van Hecking | 74 | 1 | / |
| von Haken | 71 | 6 | / |
| von Icken | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Aikin | 71 | 0 | / |
| von Heyking | 63 | 41 | / |
| Van-Akin | 63 | 2 | / |
| von Aikin | 59 | 0 | / |
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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 Eken
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