van Gossum Surname
Approximately 339 people bear this surname
van Gossum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 337 | 1:34,115 | 5,544 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
van Gossum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Gossum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Gossum is more frequently found in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Gossum? popularity and diffusion
The last name van Gossum is the 820,032nd most frequent family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 21,497,186 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of van Gossum are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 85 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequently held in Belgium, where it is borne by 337 people, or 1 in 34,115. In Belgium it is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 85 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 13 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Belgium this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 0 percent are found and France, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vangossum | 95 | 48 | / |
| van Gossem | 90 | 24 | / |
| van Assum | 84 | 17 | / |
| van Gussem | 80 | 3 | / |
| Vangosem | 78 | 1 | / |
| Vangsam | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vanagosoom | 70 | 5 | / |
| van Hoexum | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Gasson | 70 | 0 | / |
| Vangasam | 67 | 35 | / |
| van Uxem | 67 | 35 | / |
| Vancosem | 67 | 4 | / |
| Viana Cosmo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Viana Cosme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vanea Cosme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fwangsum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fangssoumou | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Exum | 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 Gossum
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