van Greenen Surname

1,649,806th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 121 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

van Greenen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Greenen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1201:451,48138,064
England11:55,718,059489,080

van Greenen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name van Greenen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname van Greenen is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name van Greenen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,649,806th most commonly used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 60,227,652 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of van Greenen are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

van Greenen is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 120 people, or 1 in 451,481. In South Africa van Greenen is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 90 percent reside, Western Cape, where 6 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 1 percent reside. Outside of South Africa this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside.

van Greenen Last Name Statistics demography

van Greenen earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 38.72% more than the national average, earning R 329,640 per year.

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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 Greenen
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