van Gent Surname

103,471st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,544 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Gent Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Gent Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3,5711:4,729481
South Africa5021:107,92413,006
Australia1601:168,72317,330
United States691:5,253,028264,570
Belgium481:239,51329,891
Canada401:921,14070,350
New Zealand261:174,16618,836
Germany221:3,659,339158,771
England151:3,714,537119,675
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Argentina101:4,274,341152,056
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Aruba91:11,4971,511
Estonia81:165,22626,217
France51:13,284,544357,392
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

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.

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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 Gent
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