van Epen Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
van Epen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 70 | 1:241,245 | 31,316 |
| Australia | 38 | 1:710,413 | 47,396 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
van Epen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Epen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Epen is found most in The Netherlands. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van Epen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,736,881st most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 64 percent of van Epen are found; 64 percent are found in Western Europe and 64 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 70 people, or 1 in 241,245. In The Netherlands van Epen is primarily found in: North Holland, where 41 percent are found, South Holland, where 23 percent are found and Overijssel, where 16 percent are found. Barring The Netherlands this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 34 percent are found and Germany, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Espen | 94 | 1,442 | / |
| van Eupen | 94 | 266 | / |
| van Oepen | 94 | 17 | / |
| van Eepen | 94 | 1 | / |
| van Hoepen | 89 | 168 | / |
| van Hespen | 89 | 103 | / |
| van Heupen | 89 | 63 | / |
| van Ypen | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Espenne | 84 | 16 | / |
| van Oppen | 82 | 605 | / |
| von Oepen | 82 | 17 | / |
| Van-Espen | 82 | 2 | / |
| van Happen | 78 | 298 | / |
| van Hoppen | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Epping | 78 | 1 | / |
| von Appen | 71 | 216 | / |
| von Oppen | 71 | 102 | / |
| Van-Oppen | 71 | 2 | / |
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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 Epen
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