van Erck Surname

1,612,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 125 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Erck Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Erck Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium891:129,17618,730
Netherlands331:511,73348,115
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van Erck Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name van Erck Come From? nationality or country of origin

van Erck occurs more in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name van Erck? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,612,213th most widespread family name internationally, held by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. van Erck occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of van Erck are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 82 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly held in Belgium, where it is held by 89 people, or 1 in 129,176. In Belgium van Erck is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 79 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 13 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 8 percent reside. Beside Belgium this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 26 percent reside and Italy, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Herck943,964/
van Erk93588/
van Heurck89551/
van Hercke8922/
van Herk882,730/
van Arck8815/
van Herc881/
van Horck82269/
van Harck8237/
Van-Herck822/
van Ark80970/
van Ork800/
Van-Herk752/
van Hork752/
van Hirk751/
van York750/
von Gierk711/
Van-Ark672/
von Ark671/
von Arc671/
von York636/
van Harg630/

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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
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  • 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 Erck
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