van Ghent Surname
Approximately 164 people bear this surname
van Ghent Surname Definition:
From place name (City in Belgium).
van Ghent Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 150 | 1:361,185 | 32,866 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
van Ghent Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
From place name (City in Belgium).
van Ghent Demographics
Average van Ghent Salary in
South Africa
R 245,184
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
van Ghent Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Ghent Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Ghent is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Ghent? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,353,468th most numerous family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 44,436,256 people. van Ghent is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of van Ghent are found; 91 percent are found in Southern Africa and 91 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 150 people, or 1 in 361,185. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 59 percent live, Gauteng, where 15 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 10 percent live. Barring South Africa this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 6 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
van Ghent Last Name Statistics demography
van Ghent earn around the same as the average income. In South Africa they earn 3.18% more than the national average, earning R 245,184 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Ghendt | 95 | 27 | / |
| van Gent | 94 | 4,544 | / |
| van Gendt | 89 | 505 | / |
| van Gheen | 89 | 2 | / |
| van Gend | 82 | 728 | / |
| van Geen | 82 | 129 | / |
| van Geyn | 82 | 61 | / |
| van Gene | 82 | 15 | / |
| Van-Gent | 82 | 9 | / |
| van Gant | 82 | 0 | / |
| van Geene | 78 | 566 | / |
| van Geijn | 78 | 281 | / |
| van Gheem | 78 | 166 | / |
| van Gysen | 78 | 68 | / |
| van Gesen | 78 | 1 | / |
| von Gentz | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Geesn | 78 | 0 | / |
| van Gisen | 78 | 0 | / |
| van Gandt | 78 | 0 | / |
| van Giesen | 74 | 253 | / |
| van Gijsen | 74 | 38 | / |
| van Gesink | 74 | 29 | / |
| van Gessen | 74 | 7 | / |
| van Geyten | 74 | 2 | / |
| van Gissen | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Gaisen | 74 | 0 | / |
| van Guisen | 74 | 0 | / |
| van Geem | 71 | 426 | / |
| van Gemd | 71 | 6 | / |
| von Gend | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Giessen | 70 | 383 | / |
| van Geesink | 70 | 41 | / |
| van Geijten | 70 | 7 | / |
| van Giesing | 70 | 1 | / |
| von Gentsch | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Guine | 67 | 38 | / |
| von Giesen | 63 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to van Ghent
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