van Grieken Surname

257,579th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,529 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Curaçao

van Grieken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Grieken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands7561:22,3383,573
Belgium4181:27,5044,392
Venezuela1091:277,1026,584
Germany441:1,829,670103,431
Curaçao371:4,250100
Australia301:899,85754,700
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
United States221:16,475,406557,260
Colombia211:2,274,95612,893
England121:4,643,172139,951
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
France61:11,070,454349,096
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345

van Grieken Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Grieken occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

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

The last name is the 257,579th most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 4,766,217 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 82 percent of van Grieken live; 81 percent live in Western Europe and 79 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname van Grieken is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 756 people, or 1 in 22,338. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: South Holland, where 47 percent live, North Holland, where 27 percent live and North Brabant, where 10 percent live. Beside The Netherlands van Grieken exists in 26 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 27 percent live and Venezuela, where 7 percent live.

van Grieken Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Grieken earn in different countries varies greatly. In Colombia they earn 30.79% less than the national average, earning $15,712,300 COP per year and in United States they earn 100.76% more than the national average, earning $86,625 USD 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 Grieken
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