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
van Hoefs is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Hoefs? popularity and diffusion
The last name van Hoefs is the 2,237,939th most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. van Hoefs occurs mostly 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.
The surname is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is carried by 70 people, or 1 in 164,238. In Belgium it is most common in: Flemish Region, where 99 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 1 percent reside. Not including Belgium van Hoefs is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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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