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
van Goolen is found in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Goolen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 816,514th most frequently used last name globally, borne by around 1 in 21,371,102 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of van Goolen reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 93 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequent in Belgium, where it is held by 283 people, or 1 in 40,624. In Belgium it is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 95 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 5 percent live and Walloon Region, where 1 percent live. Apart from Belgium van Goolen is found 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
- 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 Goolen
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