van Geertsom Surname

1,441,361st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 149 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Geertsom Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van Geertsom Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1371:83,91713,161
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
France11:66,422,722504,397

van Geertsom Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Geertsom is carried by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

This last name is the 1,441,361st most frequently used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 48,909,704 people. The surname van Geertsom occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of van Geertsom reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 79 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most widespread in Belgium, where it is carried by 137 people, or 1 in 83,917. In Belgium van Geertsom is primarily found in: Flemish Region, where 79 percent live, Walloon Region, where 12 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Belgium this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 6 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Gercum7322/
van Gercen641/
Vancrutsem641/
von Gertzen614/
Fueangratsami564/
Vongartsamy522/

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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
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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 Geertsom
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