van Gaever Surname
Approximately 519 people bear this surname
van Gaever Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 483 | 1:23,803 | 3,750 |
| Netherlands | 28 | 1:603,113 | 52,179 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
van Gaever Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Gaever Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Gaever occurs most in Belgium. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Gaever? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 599,225th most frequently held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 14,041,514 people. The last name van Gaever occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of van Gaever live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name van Gaever is most frequently occurring in Belgium, where it is borne by 483 people, or 1 in 23,803. In Belgium van Gaever is primarily found in: Flemish Region, where 98 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 1 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Belgium this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 5 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Gaver | 95 | 406 | / |
| van Haever | 90 | 9 | / |
| van Geaver | 90 | 1 | / |
| van Haevere | 86 | 19 | / |
| van Oever | 84 | 52 | / |
| van Hoever | 80 | 24 | / |
| van Heever | 80 | 7 | / |
| van Heuver | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Heiver | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Hauvert | 76 | 1 | / |
| van Heewer | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Houwer | 60 | 8 | / |
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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 Gaever
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