van Geen Surname

1,581,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 129 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Geen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Geen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1021:165,56124,214
Belgium191:605,08754,956
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
France11:66,422,722504,397
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

van Geen Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Geen is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

The last name is the 1,581,912th most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 56,492,604 people. van Geen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of van Geen reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 102 people, or 1 in 165,561. In The Netherlands it is most common in: South Holland, where 77 percent reside, North Holland, where 22 percent reside and Gelderland, where 1 percent reside. Besides The Netherlands this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 15 percent reside and Brazil, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Geene94566/
van Gheen942/
van Gesen941/
van Geesn940/
van Gen931/
van Giesen89253/
van Gessen897/
van Geyten892/
van Geisen891/
van Geiten891/
van Gent884,544/
van Gend88728/
van Geem88426/
van Genk88110/
van Gein8890/
van Geyn8861/
van Gene8815/
van Eßen889/
van Eten884/
van Esen882/
van Geng880/
van En864/
van Giessen84383/
van Geesink8441/
van Geijten847/
van Essen827,313/
van Etten822,762/
van Gendt82505/
van Eeten82501/
van Geijn82281/
van Gheem82166/
van Ghent82164/
van Genne82158/
van Gysen8268/
van Genck8230/
van Eaten821/
van Gisen820/
van Enk80466/
van Gyn8023/
van Eem809/
van End808/
van Hen801/
van Ent801/
van Eyssen781,010/
van Seijen78204/
van Hetten78195/
van Heesen78140/
van Hessen7891/
van Gijsen7838/
van Gesink7829/
van Ghendt7827/
van Eessen7822/
van Eschen782/
von Giesen781/
van Essenn781/
van Esssen781/
van Gissen781/
van Eetten780/
van Guisen780/
van Eassen780/
van Gaisen780/
van Heisen780/
van N773/
van Gijn75372/
van Gink75194/
van Hien75171/
van Heun75140/
van Enck7579/
van Endt7534/
van Iten7531/
van Engh7515/
Van-Gent759/
van Gemd756/
van Hein754/
von Gend751/
van Heijgen7456/
van Esschen7412/
van Giesing741/
von Essen71832/
van In71146/
van Eyndt71111/
van Guine7138/
van Henne7124/
van Chien7110/
Van-Essen718/
van Ooien717/
Van-Genne715/
Van-Etten714/
van Uyten713/
van Ne712/
Van-Eeten711/
van Nguyn711/
van Oyten711/
van Eetem711/
van Hetem711/
von En711/
van Em711/
van Khien711/
van Hisen710/
van Eatin710/
van Ettin710/
von Eschen67111/
van Eijndt6773/
von Heesen6759/
van Hessem6741/
van Huysen6731/
Van Huisen6725/
van Zuijen6717/
von Heißen676/
van Ing674/
von Hessen674/
Van-Enk672/
von End671/
van Nhe671/
van Zaayen671/
van Ina671/
van Inn671/
van Hessin671/
van Hyn671/
van Hoisen670/
von Ziehen670/
van Hyysen670/
von Hetten670/

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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 Geen
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