van Heeke Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
van Heeke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 21 | 1:547,459 | 51,586 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Heeke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Heeke Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Heeke is found most frequently in Belgium. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Heeke? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,665,662nd most frequently occurring last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of van Heeke live; 72 percent live in Western Europe and 69 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname van Heeke is most frequently held in Belgium, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 547,459. In Belgium van Heeke is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 95 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 5 percent live. Aside from Belgium this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 24 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
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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 Heeke
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