van Hofwegen Surname

446,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 763 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Hofwegen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Hofwegen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands5941:28,4304,664
United States1171:3,097,940179,693
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

van Hofwegen Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Hofwegen has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

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

This surname is the 446,740th most commonly held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 9,551,174 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of van Hofwegen live; 79 percent live in Western Europe and 79 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 594 people, or 1 in 28,430. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: South Holland, where 29 percent live, North Brabant, where 16 percent live and Utrecht, where 12 percent live. Besides The Netherlands it occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 15 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.

van Hofwegen Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Hofwegen earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 129.64% more than the national average, earning $99,089 USD per year and in Canada they earn 65.08% more than the national average, earning $82,017 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Ofwegen96132/
van Hofweegen9615/
van Hofwegan922/
Vanhofwegan877/
van Viegen73652/
van Foeken73204/
van Voeken731/
Vanfoeken67243/
van Ophuizen58174/
van Ophuisen5820/

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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
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  • 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 Hofwegen
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