van Ekert Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
van Ekert Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 113 | 1:149,444 | 22,442 |
| Belgium | 25 | 1:459,866 | 46,150 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
van Ekert Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Ekert Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Ekert is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Ekert? popularity and diffusion
The surname van Ekert is the 1,465,390th most frequent last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 95 percent of van Ekert live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 113 people, or 1 in 149,444. In The Netherlands van Ekert is mostly found in: North Brabant, where 67 percent reside, Limburg, where 13 percent reside and North Holland, where 11 percent reside. Aside from The Netherlands this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 17 percent reside and Australia, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Eekert | 95 | 155 | / |
| van Eckert | 95 | 34 | / |
| van Eskert | 95 | 2 | / |
| van Eker | 94 | 39 | / |
| van Eeekert | 90 | 1 | / |
| van Eiker | 89 | 39 | / |
| van Esker | 89 | 1 | / |
| Van-Ekert | 89 | 1 | / |
| van Ecker | 89 | 0 | / |
| van Hecker | 84 | 15 | / |
| van Akkert | 84 | 1 | / |
| Van-Eker | 82 | 4 | / |
| van-Eiker | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Eckhardt | 76 | 15 | / |
| von Hecker | 74 | 1 | / |
| von Eckardt | 70 | 3 | / |
| van Eckhard | 70 | 1 | / |
| von Eckhardt | 67 | 8 | / |
| von Eccher | 63 | 6 | / |
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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 Ekert
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