van Heddegem Surname
Approximately 421 people bear this surname
van Heddegem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 355 | 1:32,385 | 5,249 |
| France | 50 | 1:1,328,454 | 133,611 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
van Heddegem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Heddegem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Heddegem is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Heddegem? popularity and diffusion
The surname van Heddegem is the 699,651st most commonly occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 17,310,085 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of van Heddegem are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 75 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name van Heddegem is most frequently occurring in Belgium, where it is borne by 355 people, or 1 in 32,385. In Belgium van Heddegem is primarily found in: Flemish Region, where 89 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 7 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 5 percent reside. Besides Belgium van Heddegem exists in 6 countries. It is also common in France, where 12 percent reside and Scotland, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Heddeghem | 96 | 147 | / |
| van Hedegem | 96 | 1 | / |
| van Heydegem | 92 | 6 | / |
| van Heddegen | 92 | 3 | / |
| van Heddegehem | 92 | 2 | / |
| Van-Heddegem | 92 | 1 | / |
| Van-Heddegen | 83 | 2 | / |
| van Ydegem | 82 | 11 | / |
| van Hoeteghem | 80 | 4 | / |
| van Ydeghem | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Hootegem | 75 | 197 | / |
| van Hautegem | 75 | 42 | / |
| van Oothegem | 75 | 2 | / |
| van Itegem | 73 | 47 | / |
| van Otegem | 73 | 21 | / |
| van Houteghem | 72 | 110 | / |
| van Hauteghem | 72 | 101 | / |
| van Hooteghem | 72 | 3 | / |
| van Hauttegem | 72 | 1 | / |
| van Hauthegem | 72 | 1 | / |
| van Ootegem | 70 | 123 | / |
| van de Gohm | 70 | 5 | / |
| Vandegom | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Houtteghem | 69 | 35 | / |
| Vandegohm | 67 | 2 | / |
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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 Heddegem
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