van Heyghen Surname
Approximately 94 people bear this surname
van Heyghen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 84 | 1:136,865 | 19,611 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
van Heyghen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Heyghen Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Heyghen occurs more in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van Heyghen? popularity and diffusion
van Heyghen is the 1,918,812th most commonly held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of van Heyghen are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 87 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequent in Belgium, where it is held by 84 people, or 1 in 136,865. In Belgium it is primarily found in: Flemish Region, where 98 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Belgium van Heyghen is found in 2 countries. It is also found in France, where 10 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Heygen | 95 | 64 | / |
| van Eyghen | 95 | 33 | / |
| van Heyghem | 91 | 3 | / |
| van Eygen | 90 | 337 | / |
| van Eeghen | 86 | 236 | / |
| van Egghen | 86 | 34 | / |
| van Heugen | 86 | 34 | / |
| van Heygem | 86 | 5 | / |
| van Hoegen | 86 | 2 | / |
| van Eighen | 86 | 1 | / |
| van Eygn | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Heijgen | 82 | 56 | / |
| van Huyghem | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Hagen | 80 | 1,282 | / |
| van Eigen | 80 | 26 | / |
| van Eugen | 80 | 9 | / |
| van Hegem | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Eghem | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Eeghem | 76 | 479 | / |
| van Haagen | 76 | 308 | / |
| van Eijgen | 76 | 84 | / |
| von Hoegen | 76 | 51 | / |
| Van-Egghen | 76 | 5 | / |
| van Awegen | 76 | 3 | / |
| van Eugene | 76 | 1 | / |
| van Haggen | 76 | 1 | / |
| van Hagene | 76 | 0 | / |
| von Haegen | 76 | 0 | / |
| van Hauweghem | 75 | 3 | / |
| van Agen | 74 | 63 | / |
| van Igen | 74 | 1 | / |
| Van Ingen | 70 | 3,577 | / |
| von Hagen | 70 | 487 | / |
| von Eugen | 70 | 32 | / |
| van Ighem | 70 | 26 | / |
| von Eigen | 70 | 16 | / |
| Van-Hagen | 70 | 12 | / |
| van Auweghem | 70 | 2 | / |
| van Eigem | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Aughem | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Eijgem | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Jaggen | 67 | 0 | / |
| von Haagen | 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 Heyghen
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