van Goolen Surname
Approximately 341 people bear this surname
van Goolen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 283 | 1:40,624 | 6,644 |
| Netherlands | 50 | 1:337,744 | 38,500 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Goolen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Goolen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Goolen is held by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of van Goolen click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Goolen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 816,514th most widely held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 21,371,102 people. The last name van Goolen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of van Goolen are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 93 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname van Goolen is most widespread in Belgium, where it is held by 283 people, or 1 in 40,624. In Belgium it is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 95 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 5 percent live and Walloon Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Belgium this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 15 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Golen | 95 | 153 | / |
| van Goylen | 90 | 53 | / |
| Van-Goolen | 90 | 1 | / |
| van Olen | 89 | 0 | / |
| van Galen | 84 | 3,188 | / |
| van Holen | 84 | 81 | / |
| van Ohlen | 84 | 47 | / |
| van Oslen | 84 | 0 | / |
| van Gaalen | 80 | 2,214 | / |
| van Hollen | 80 | 22 | / |
| van Houlen | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Alen | 78 | 219 | / |
| van Allen | 74 | 1,306 | / |
| van Halen | 74 | 613 | / |
| von Ohlen | 74 | 104 | / |
| van Aalen | 74 | 47 | / |
| van Aulen | 74 | 24 | / |
| von Galen | 74 | 16 | / |
| Van-Galen | 74 | 4 | / |
| von Holen | 74 | 2 | / |
| van Ahlen | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Galhn | 74 | 0 | / |
| van Eulen | 74 | 0 | / |
| van Ossellen | 73 | 1 | / |
| van Haalen | 70 | 390 | / |
| von Hollen | 70 | 194 | / |
| van Heulen | 70 | 87 | / |
| van Hallen | 70 | 12 | / |
| von Gahlen | 70 | 8 | / |
| Van-Gaalen | 70 | 3 | / |
| van Gulink | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Alem | 67 | 349 | / |
| van Gusling | 67 | 15 | / |
| von Gosseln | 67 | 2 | / |
| van Alin | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Goolen
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