van Hoey Surname
Approximately 809 people bear this surname
van Hoey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 694 | 1:16,566 | 2,540 |
| Netherlands | 75 | 1:225,162 | 29,957 |
| United States | 20 | 1:18,122,947 | 588,089 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
van Hoey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Hoey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Hoey is held by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Hoey? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 427,014th most numerous surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 9,008,091 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of van Hoey live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname van Hoey is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is borne by 694 people, or 1 in 16,566. In Belgium it is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 92 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 6 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Belgium this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 9 percent reside and The United States, where 2 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 Hoey
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