van Elkan Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
van Elkan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 54 | 1:1,490,842 | 90,195 |
| England | 28 | 1:1,989,931 | 78,001 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
van Elkan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Elkan Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Elkan has its highest incidence in Germany. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Elkan? popularity and diffusion
van Elkan is the 2,034,059th most frequently used family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of van Elkan reside; 64 percent reside in Western Europe and 64 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname van Elkan is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 1,490,842. In Germany it is most numerous in: Hesse, where 56 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent reside and Thuringia, where 17 percent reside. Besides Germany it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 33 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanelkan | 94 | 7 | / |
| van Elken | 89 | 1 | / |
| van Elicken | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Alken | 78 | 22 | / |
| van Leken | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Logan | 78 | 1 | / |
| Fanlkan | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Leuken | 74 | 726 | / |
| van Laeken | 74 | 666 | / |
| Vanelikhin | 74 | 2 | / |
| van Wolken | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Leaken | 74 | 1 | / |
| Vanalken | 71 | 53 | / |
| Vanilkin | 71 | 21 | / |
| van Laecken | 70 | 178 | / |
| Vanelikhina | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Lagen | 67 | 430 | / |
| Vanlaeken | 67 | 130 | / |
| van Laken | 67 | 84 | / |
| Vanilkina | 67 | 37 | / |
| Vanleuken | 67 | 23 | / |
| van Willigan | 67 | 10 | / |
| Vanalagan | 67 | 9 | / |
| van Hal-Kion | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vanwolken | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vanwilkin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vanleaken | 67 | 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 Elkan
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