van Gasteren Surname
Approximately 583 people bear this surname
van Gasteren Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 498 | 1:33,910 | 5,656 |
| Australia | 67 | 1:402,921 | 32,505 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
van Gasteren Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Gasteren Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Gasteren has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Gasteren? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 548,408th most frequently held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 12,500,079 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of van Gasteren live; 86 percent live in Western Europe and 86 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 498 people, or 1 in 33,910. In The Netherlands van Gasteren is most numerous in: Gelderland, where 20 percent reside, North Holland, where 20 percent reside and South Holland, where 15 percent reside. Not including The Netherlands this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 11 percent reside and Norway, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vangasteren | 96 | 10 | / |
| van Asteren | 96 | 5 | / |
| van Kasteren | 92 | 1,432 | / |
| van Casteren | 92 | 1,108 | / |
| van Gisteren | 92 | 185 | / |
| van Astern | 91 | 1 | / |
| van Haasteren | 88 | 674 | / |
| Vancasteren | 87 | 62 | / |
| Vankasteren | 87 | 11 | / |
| van Gistern | 87 | 1 | / |
| van Kesteren | 83 | 3,152 | / |
| van Achteren | 83 | 284 | / |
| van Oosteren | 83 | 202 | / |
| Van-Casteren | 83 | 1 | / |
| van Kisteren | 83 | 1 | / |
| Vangstrøen | 82 | 9 | / |
| van Ostern | 82 | 3 | / |
| van Keysteren | 80 | 6 | / |
| Vankesteren | 78 | 289 | / |
| van Keijsteren | 77 | 54 | / |
| Van-Achteren | 75 | 4 | / |
| Van-Kesteren | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vankestern | 73 | 7 | / |
| Vongostrein | 70 | 1 | / |
| Viana Castorino | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vongsootorn | 61 | 4 | / |
| Venegas Duran | 56 | 2 | / |
| Phongsotron | 52 | 6 | / |
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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 Gasteren
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