van Hee Surname

396,198th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 890 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

van Hee Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Hee Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium4881:23,5593,710
Netherlands1551:108,95017,471
United States831:4,366,975231,516
Canada451:818,79163,991
Luxembourg401:14,5143,173
France321:2,075,710171,237
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
England111:5,065,278148,650
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States321:1,569,33483,036

The alternate forms: van Hée (7) are calculated separately.

van Hee Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Hee is found in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: van Hée. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

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

The surname is the 396,198th most widespread family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 8,188,254 people. The surname van Hee occurs mostly in Europe, where 82 percent of van Hee live; 81 percent live in Western Europe and 71 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is carried by 488 people, or 1 in 23,559. In Belgium it is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 90 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 8 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Belgium it occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 17 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.

van Hee Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of van Hee has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the van Hee surname grew 259 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 550 percent between 1881 and 2014.

van Hee Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Hee earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 66.44% less than the national average, earning R 79,740 per year; in United States they earn 70.03% more than the national average, earning $73,366 USD per year and in Canada they earn 34.87% more than the national average, earning $67,009 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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to van Hee
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