van Heghe Surname
Approximately 314 people bear this surname
van Heghe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 310 | 1:37,086 | 6,058 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
van Heghe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Heghe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Heghe occurs in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Heghe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 864,701st most widely held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 23,208,745 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of van Heghe live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most widely held in Belgium, where it is borne by 310 people, or 1 in 37,086. In Belgium van Heghe is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 91 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Belgium this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 1 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Heeghe | 95 | 1 | / |
| van Hege | 94 | 17 | / |
| van Eegher | 84 | 14 | / |
| Van-Heeghe | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Hex | 75 | 3 | / |
| van Hage | 71 | 164 | / |
| van Ex | 67 | 28 | / |
| von Egger | 67 | 17 | / |
| van Haagey | 63 | 0 | / |
| von Hage | 59 | 43 | / |
| van Inge | 59 | 38 | / |
| von Hagge | 56 | 1 | / |
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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 Heghe
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