van Hoefs Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
van Hoefs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 70 | 1:164,238 | 22,550 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Hoefs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Hoefs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Hoefs is found most in Belgium. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Hoefs? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,237,939th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of van Hoefs are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
van Hoefs is most widely held in Belgium, where it is held by 70 people, or 1 in 164,238. In Belgium van Hoefs is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 99 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Belgium this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Hoefs
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