van Geylswijk Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Geylswijk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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van Geylswijk Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands151:1,125,81268,885
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098

van Geylswijk Last Name Facts

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

van Geylswijk is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

It is the 4,772,636th most prevalent surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 88 percent of van Geylswijk live; 88 percent live in Western Europe and 88 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name van Geylswijk is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 1,125,812. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: Friesland, where 47 percent reside, North Holland, where 47 percent reside and North Brabant, where 7 percent reside. Excluding The Netherlands this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 12 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Gelswijk9613/
van Elswijk92659/
van Geilswijk9233/
van Gelswijck9222/
van Geijlswijk8998/
van Elswijck8824/
van Eleswijk881/
van Gijlswijk85182/
van Elleswijk85121/
van Elswyk78123/
Van-Elswyk701/
van Gilsbeek647/
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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 Geylswijk
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