van Gom Surname
Approximately 165 people bear this surname
van Gom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suriname | 121 | 1:4,567 | 989 |
| Netherlands | 43 | 1:392,725 | 41,894 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
van Gom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Gom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Gom is held by more people in Suriname than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Gom? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,348,199th most common surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 44,166,945 people. The last name van Gom occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 73 percent of van Gom live; 73 percent live in South America and 73 percent live in Gallo-Germanic South America.
The last name van Gom is most widespread in Suriname, where it is borne by 121 people, or 1 in 4,567. Not including Suriname this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 26 percent are found and Belgium, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Hom | 86 | 1 | / |
| van Gossem | 82 | 24 | / |
| van Ghomme | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Omme | 80 | 318 | / |
| van Gong | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Home | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Gosen | 75 | 39 | / |
| van Ham | 71 | 4,607 | / |
| van Gossen | 71 | 17 | / |
| van Gotten | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Ame | 71 | 0 | / |
| van Goosing | 67 | 2 | / |
| van Hahm | 67 | 2 | / |
| van Ngan | 67 | 2 | / |
| van Gaan | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Gant | 67 | 0 | / |
| van Hame | 67 | 0 | / |
| van Hamme | 63 | 1,814 | / |
| van Gaanc | 63 | 1 | / |
| van Gandt | 63 | 0 | / |
| van Gassen | 59 | 233 | / |
| Van-Ham | 57 | 17 | / |
| von Ahm | 57 | 2 | / |
| von Hamm | 53 | 16 | / |
| von Haam | 53 | 1 | / |
| Van-Hamme | 50 | 13 | / |
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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 Gom
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