van Giffen Surname
Approximately 124 people bear this surname
van Giffen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 103 | 1:163,953 | 24,033 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
van Giffen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Giffen Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Giffen occurs most in The Netherlands. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Giffen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,620,164th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 85 percent of van Giffen reside; 85 percent reside in Western Europe and 85 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 103 people, or 1 in 163,953. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: North Holland, where 43 percent are found, South Holland, where 18 percent are found and Utrecht, where 14 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 10 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Geffen | 90 | 2,685 | / |
| van Effen | 84 | 59 | / |
| van Heffen | 80 | 62 | / |
| von Gaffen | 80 | 0 | / |
| Vongvien | 67 | 17 | / |
| Vangaven | 67 | 1 | / |
| von Häfen | 63 | 24 | / |
| von Hefen | 63 | 0 | / |
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van Giffen Reference & Research
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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 Giffen
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