van Herksen Surname
Approximately 68 people bear this surname
van Herksen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 59 | 1:286,223 | 34,881 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
van Herksen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Herksen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Herksen is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Herksen? popularity and diffusion
The surname van Herksen is the 2,312,869th most widely held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 107,169,793 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 87 percent of van Herksen live; 87 percent live in Western Europe and 87 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 59 people, or 1 in 286,223. In The Netherlands van Herksen is most frequent in: Gelderland, where 42 percent live, Groningen, where 12 percent live and North Holland, where 12 percent live. Barring The Netherlands it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 10 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanherksen | 95 | 1 | / |
| van Eriksen | 91 | 1 | / |
| Vanerkson | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Erickson | 78 | 2 | / |
| van Harxen | 76 | 35 | / |
| Vanerickson | 73 | 3 | / |
| van Ericson | 73 | 1 | / |
| von Erichsen | 70 | 6 | / |
| Vanerrickson | 70 | 1 | / |
| Vonerichsen | 64 | 2 | / |
| van Rookhuysen | 64 | 1 | / |
| van Roy-Geysen | 64 | 1 | / |
| Finn Eriksson | 58 | 5 | / |
| Fu Henriksson | 58 | 1 | / |
| Venyercsán | 57 | 29 | / |
| Venyercsány | 55 | 1 | / |
| Finn Ericsson | 50 | 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 Herksen
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