van Genk Surname

1,746,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 110 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Genk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Genk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands801:211,09028,733
Belgium271:425,80243,971
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van Genk Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Genk is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

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

van Genk is the 1,746,159th most numerous surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 66,250,417 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of van Genk live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 80 people, or 1 in 211,090. In The Netherlands van Genk is primarily concentrated in: North Brabant, where 69 percent live, Groningen, where 9 percent live and Utrecht, where 9 percent live. Apart from The Netherlands it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 25 percent live and Ireland, where 1 percent live.

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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
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