van Hespen Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
van Hespen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 51 | 1:331,121 | 38,060 |
| Belgium | 46 | 1:249,927 | 30,800 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Hespen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Hespen Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Hespen occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Hespen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,817,111th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. The last name van Hespen occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of van Hespen reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 92 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 51 people, or 1 in 331,121. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: South Holland, where 59 percent live, North Holland, where 24 percent live and Flevoland, where 16 percent live. Outside of The Netherlands this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 45 percent live and France, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Espen | 95 | 1,442 | / |
| van Heupen | 90 | 63 | / |
| van Epen | 89 | 111 | / |
| van Espenne | 86 | 16 | / |
| van Eupen | 84 | 266 | / |
| van Aspen | 84 | 5 | / |
| Van-Espen | 84 | 2 | / |
| van Eepen | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Ypen | 78 | 1 | / |
| von Aspen | 74 | 6 | / |
| van Epping | 70 | 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
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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 Hespen
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