van Gennep Surname
Approximately 372 people bear this surname
van Gennep Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 345 | 1:48,948 | 8,384 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
van Gennep Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Gennep Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Gennep is found most in The Netherlands. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Gennep? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 766,190th most frequently occurring last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 19,590,177 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of van Gennep reside; 93 percent reside in Western Europe and 93 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 345 people, or 1 in 48,948. In The Netherlands van Gennep is most frequent in: South Holland, where 34 percent are found, Gelderland, where 14 percent are found and North Holland, where 13 percent are found. Other than The Netherlands van Gennep occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Genne | 95 | 158 | / |
| van Gennip | 90 | 1,462 | / |
| van Kennep | 90 | 4 | / |
| van Geene | 84 | 566 | / |
| Van-Genne | 84 | 5 | / |
| Van-Gennip | 80 | 7 | / |
| von Guenner | 76 | 1 | / |
| Vangannip | 74 | 0 | / |
| von Jenner | 70 | 13 | / |
| van Knip | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Sner | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Knap | 67 | 0 | / |
| van Knapp | 63 | 7 | / |
| van Knoop | 63 | 1 | / |
| van Knaap | 63 | 1 | / |
| van Canupp | 60 | 1 | / |
| von Zinner | 60 | 1 | / |
| Vancanp | 59 | 2 | / |
| Vanknap | 59 | 0 | / |
| van Cauwenbegh | 58 | 1 | / |
| Vankouwenbe | 57 | 3 | / |
| Vankauweneb | 57 | 2 | / |
| Viana Knupp | 57 | 1 | / |
| van Cauwenb | 57 | 1 | / |
| Vanknapp | 56 | 14 | / |
| von Knoop | 53 | 30 | / |
| Vanganbai | 53 | 1 | / |
| Fankenbey | 53 | 0 | / |
| Vankauwenb | 50 | 3 | / |
| Vunikanepu | 50 | 3 | / |
| Vinguenbah | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Gennep
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