van Gein Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
van Gein Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 71 | 1:237,848 | 31,022 |
| Chile | 8 | 1:2,202,059 | 30,910 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
van Gein Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Gein Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Gein is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Gein? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,967,751st most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 87 percent of van Gein are found; 87 percent are found in Western Europe and 87 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most common in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 71 people, or 1 in 237,848. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: Flevoland, where 30 percent are found, South Holland, where 27 percent are found and Gelderland, where 23 percent are found. Aside from The Netherlands van Gein is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Chile, where 9 percent are found and Germany, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Geijn | 94 | 281 | / |
| van Gen | 93 | 1 | / |
| van Geiten | 89 | 1 | / |
| van Geisen | 89 | 1 | / |
| van Gijn | 88 | 372 | / |
| van Geen | 88 | 129 | / |
| van Geyn | 88 | 61 | / |
| van Gyen | 88 | 17 | / |
| van En | 86 | 4 | / |
| van Geesink | 84 | 41 | / |
| van Geene | 82 | 566 | / |
| van Geesn | 82 | 0 | / |
| van Yen | 80 | 3 | / |
| van Jen | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Seijen | 78 | 204 | / |
| van Eijgen | 78 | 84 | / |
| van Gijsen | 78 | 38 | / |
| van Oeijen | 78 | 21 | / |
| van Nguyin | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Geem | 75 | 426 | / |
| van Hien | 75 | 171 | / |
| van Jeun | 75 | 9 | / |
| van Jean | 75 | 5 | / |
| van Hoeijen | 74 | 198 | / |
| van Heijgen | 74 | 56 | / |
| van Oijen | 71 | 1,674 | / |
| van Uijen | 71 | 45 | / |
| van Chien | 71 | 10 | / |
| van Hying | 71 | 2 | / |
| van Khien | 71 | 1 | / |
| von En | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Ooijen | 67 | 2,841 | / |
| van Zuijen | 67 | 17 | / |
| van Jeanne | 67 | 2 | / |
| von Nguyen | 67 | 2 | / |
| van Ooyink | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Zaayen | 67 | 1 | / |
| von Jen | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Hyysen | 67 | 0 | / |
| van Zaaijen | 63 | 5 | / |
| van Hooijen | 63 | 2 | / |
| van Ooijink | 63 | 1 | / |
| Van-Oijen | 59 | 2 | / |
| van Chiem | 59 | 2 | / |
| von Jessen | 56 | 14 | / |
| von Ooijen | 56 | 1 | / |
| von Ziehen | 56 | 0 | / |
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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 Gein
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis