van Gansen Surname
Approximately 585 people bear this surname
van Gansen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 542 | 1:21,212 | 3,285 |
| Netherlands | 16 | 1:1,055,448 | 66,951 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Gansen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Gansen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Gansen has its highest incidence in Belgium. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Gansen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 546,987th most frequently used family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 12,457,343 people. van Gansen is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of van Gansen live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 88 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name van Gansen is most commonly held in Belgium, where it is carried by 542 people, or 1 in 21,212. In Belgium it is primarily found in: Flemish Region, where 92 percent reside, Brussels Capital Region, where 6 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 3 percent reside. Not including Belgium it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 3 percent reside and France, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Ansen | 95 | 2 | / |
| van Hansen | 90 | 338 | / |
| van Ganzen | 90 | 10 | / |
| van Ansem | 84 | 251 | / |
| van Onsen | 84 | 1 | / |
| von Hansen | 80 | 29 | / |
| van Ounsen | 80 | 8 | / |
| van Hanzen | 80 | 7 | / |
| van Hanjen | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Hanson | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Onsem | 74 | 169 | / |
| van Onzen | 74 | 134 | / |
| van Ounsem | 70 | 1 | / |
| von Hanson | 70 | 0 | / |
| van Amschoten | 70 | 0 | / |
| van Honschoten | 67 | 82 | / |
| van Honschooten | 64 | 36 | / |
| van Heynegen | 64 | 9 | / |
| van Heinegen | 64 | 1 | / |
| van Amson | 63 | 127 | / |
| van Oncem | 63 | 11 | / |
| von Anchen | 50 | 5 | / |
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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 Gansen
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