van Geens Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
van Geens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 18 | 1:938,176 | 63,634 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
van Geens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Geens Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Geens is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Geens? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,116,508th most frequent surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. van Geens is mostly found in Europe, where 91 percent of van Geens live; 78 percent live in Western Europe and 78 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 938,176. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: North Holland, where 67 percent live, South Holland, where 28 percent live and Utrecht, where 6 percent live. Other than The Netherlands it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 13 percent live and New Zealand, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Gens | 94 | 38 | / |
| van Geems | 89 | 128 | / |
| van Goens | 89 | 23 | / |
| van Gaens | 89 | 14 | / |
| van Genns | 89 | 0 | / |
| van Ens | 88 | 109 | / |
| van Enst | 82 | 165 | / |
| van Göns | 82 | 7 | / |
| van Hens | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Gins | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Enns | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Heems | 78 | 148 | / |
| van Gemst | 78 | 140 | / |
| van Gains | 78 | 4 | / |
| van Goins | 78 | 1 | / |
| Van-Ens | 75 | 2 | / |
| van Heemst | 74 | 267 | / |
| van Emst | 71 | 353 | / |
| van Henz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Van-Enst | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Gimst | 67 | 110 | / |
| van Heinz | 67 | 3 | / |
| von Ins | 63 | 116 | / |
| van Himst | 56 | 46 | / |
| Von-Ins | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Geens
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