van Ganzen Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Ganzen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Ganzen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van Ganzen Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Ganzen is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

The last name is the 6,063,924th most frequent surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 90 percent of van Ganzen reside; 80 percent reside in Western Europe and 80 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 2,412,454. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: North Holland, where 71 percent live, North Brabant, where 14 percent live and South Holland, where 14 percent live. Barring The Netherlands it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 10 percent live and Italy, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Gansen90585/
van Hanzen907/
van Onzen84134/
van Ansen842/
van Hansen80338/
van Hanjen801/
van Ansem74251/
van Onsen741/
van Ounsen708/
van Heynegen649/
van Heinegen641/
van Onsem63169/
van Oncem6311/
van Ounsem601/
von Hansen5029/
von Anchen505/

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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 Ganzen
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