van Heffen Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
van Heffen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 32 | 1:527,724 | 48,879 |
| Belgium | 28 | 1:410,594 | 42,948 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
van Heffen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Heffen Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Heffen has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Heffen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,436,415th most widespread last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of van Heffen reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 527,724. In The Netherlands it is most common in: North Holland, where 38 percent are found, North Brabant, where 31 percent are found and South Holland, where 25 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands van Heffen is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 45 percent are found and France, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Effen | 95 | 59 | / |
| van Geffen | 90 | 2,685 | / |
| van Hoffen | 90 | 207 | / |
| van Hoefen | 90 | 13 | / |
| van Haefen | 90 | 1 | / |
| van Hofen | 84 | 2 | / |
| van Offen | 84 | 1 | / |
| von Hefen | 84 | 0 | / |
| van Giffen | 80 | 124 | / |
| von Haefen | 80 | 17 | / |
| von Hoffen | 80 | 5 | / |
| van Ofen | 78 | 11 | / |
| von Hofen | 74 | 33 | / |
| von Häfen | 74 | 24 | / |
| von Höfen | 74 | 11 | / |
| von Hafen | 74 | 1 | / |
| von Ofen | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Heffen
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