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 occurs most in The Netherlands. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of van Epen.
How Common Is The Last Name van Epen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,736,881st most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 64 percent of van Epen reside; 64 percent reside in Western Europe and 64 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is held 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. Outside of The Netherlands it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common 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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