van Gent Surname
Approximately 4,544 people bear this surname
van Gent Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 3,571 | 1:4,729 | 481 |
| South Africa | 502 | 1:107,924 | 13,006 |
| Australia | 160 | 1:168,723 | 17,330 |
| United States | 69 | 1:5,253,028 | 264,570 |
| Belgium | 48 | 1:239,513 | 29,891 |
| Canada | 40 | 1:921,140 | 70,350 |
| New Zealand | 26 | 1:174,166 | 18,836 |
| Germany | 22 | 1:3,659,339 | 158,771 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Thailand | 13 | 1:5,433,719 | 375,884 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
van Gent Demographics
Average van Gent Salary in
United States
$73,181 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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van Gent Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Gent Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Gent is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Gent? popularity and diffusion
It is the 103,471st most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,603,773 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 81 percent of van Gent are found; 80 percent are found in Western Europe and 80 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most common in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 3,571 people, or 1 in 4,729. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: South Holland, where 42 percent live, North Brabant, where 14 percent live and Gelderland, where 12 percent live. Beside The Netherlands van Gent occurs in 32 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 11 percent live and Australia, where 4 percent live.
van Gent Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of van Gent has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the van Gent surname rose 1,725 percent between 1880 and 2014.
van Gent Last Name Statistics demography
The amount van Gent earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 5.6% more than the national average, earning R 250,956 per year; in United States they earn 69.6% more than the national average, earning $73,181 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7% more than the national average, earning $53,159 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Gendt | 94 | 505 | / |
| van Ghent | 94 | 164 | / |
| van Gen | 93 | 1 | / |
| van Ent | 93 | 1 | / |
| van Ghendt | 89 | 27 | / |
| van Gend | 88 | 728 | / |
| van Geen | 88 | 129 | / |
| van Genk | 88 | 110 | / |
| van Endt | 88 | 34 | / |
| Van-Gent | 88 | 9 | / |
| van Zent | 88 | 0 | / |
| van Sent | 88 | 0 | / |
| van Geng | 88 | 0 | / |
| van Geene | 82 | 566 | / |
| van Genne | 82 | 158 | / |
| van Eyndt | 82 | 111 | / |
| van Genck | 82 | 30 | / |
| van Gheen | 82 | 2 | / |
| von Gentz | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Zendt | 82 | 0 | / |
| van Geesn | 82 | 0 | / |
| van Gyn | 80 | 23 | / |
| van End | 80 | 8 | / |
| van Sen | 80 | 5 | / |
| van Jen | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Zen | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Eijndt | 78 | 73 | / |
| van Geem | 75 | 426 | / |
| van Gink | 75 | 194 | / |
| van Sint | 75 | 164 | / |
| van Saen | 75 | 73 | / |
| van Zoen | 75 | 70 | / |
| von Endt | 75 | 15 | / |
| van Zaen | 75 | 9 | / |
| van Gemd | 75 | 6 | / |
| van Soen | 75 | 4 | / |
| von Gend | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Zien | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Zenk | 75 | 0 | / |
| van Geesink | 74 | 41 | / |
| von Gentsch | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Hinte | 71 | 141 | / |
| Van-Genne | 71 | 5 | / |
| van Nguyn | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Hintz | 71 | 1 | / |
| von End | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Sin | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Cin | 67 | 1 | / |
| von Jen | 67 | 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 Gent
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