van Hecke Surname
Approximately 7,074 people bear this surname
van Hecke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 5,885 | 1:1,954 | 131 |
| Netherlands | 412 | 1:40,988 | 6,967 |
| France | 306 | 1:217,068 | 33,722 |
| United States | 212 | 1:1,709,712 | 113,287 |
| Australia | 41 | 1:658,432 | 45,385 |
| Canada | 41 | 1:898,673 | 68,969 |
| Germany | 34 | 1:2,367,808 | 122,173 |
| England | 33 | 1:1,688,426 | 69,999 |
| Thailand | 28 | 1:2,522,798 | 271,580 |
| Spain | 21 | 1:2,226,287 | 55,801 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Austria | 11 | 1:774,130 | 64,097 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Croatia | 5 | 1:845,721 | 48,179 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
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van Hecke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Hecke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Hecke is found in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Hecke? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 69,944th most common surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,030,187 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of van Hecke live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 79 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is held by 5,885 people, or 1 in 1,954. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 87 percent live, Walloon Region, where 7 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 6 percent live. Aside from Belgium it is found in 30 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 6 percent live and France, where 4 percent live.
van Hecke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of van Hecke has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the van Hecke surname rose 2,650 percent between 1880 and 2014.
van Hecke Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the van Hecke last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount van Hecke earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 18.2% more than the national average, earning R 280,896 per year; in United States they earn 48.87% more than the national average, earning $64,238 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.94% less than the national average, earning $48,719 CAD 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
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