van Heyningen Surname

516,587th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 631 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Anguilla

van Heyningen Surname User-submission:

My grandfather on my mother's side was a van Heyningen. His father was born a slave, but was freed the year after. His grandmother, great, and great-great grandmother were all slaves on a Albert van Heyningen's plantation. James Adolphus van Heyningen was a mulatto and some family say we are ancestors of this James Adolphus van Heyningen.

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van Heyningen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3271:51,6438,869
South Africa1341:404,31135,545
United States421:8,629,975373,648
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
Saint Martin161:2,19753
Aruba141:7,3911,045
Anguilla111:1,221122
England101:5,571,806158,774
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Curaçao41:39,312638
Suriname41:138,1547,029
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
France21:33,211,361423,184
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013

van Heyningen Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

My grandfather on my mother's side was a van Heyningen. His father was born a slave, but was freed the year after. His grandmother, great, and great-great grandmother were all slaves on a Albert van Heyningen's plantation. James Adolphus van Heyningen was a mulatto and some family say we are ancestors of this James Adolphus van Heyningen. The above mentioned Albert Jr. was the secretary of state, also vendumaster, after following his father Albert Sr. whom insisted on it, before going back to Holland.

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van Heyningen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name van Heyningen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name van Heyningen has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name van Heyningen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 516,587th most widespread last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 11,549,201 people. The surname van Heyningen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 55 percent of van Heyningen live; 53 percent live in Western Europe and 53 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname van Heyningen is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 327 people, or 1 in 51,643. In The Netherlands van Heyningen is primarily concentrated in: South Holland, where 53 percent reside, North Holland, where 21 percent reside and North Brabant, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account The Netherlands van Heyningen is found in 20 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 21 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.

van Heyningen Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Heyningen earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 36.42% more than the national average, earning R 324,180 per year; in United States they earn 78.77% more than the national average, earning $77,138 USD per year and in Canada they earn 42.27% more than the national average, earning $70,685 CAD per year.

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