van Hooye Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Hooye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Hooye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands131:1,299,01473,030
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

van Hooye Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Hooye is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

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

The surname van Hooye is the 5,213,395th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of van Hooye live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 1,299,014. In The Netherlands van Hooye is most prevalent in: Zeeland, where 100 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands van Hooye occurs in one country. It is also common in Belgium, where 7 percent live.

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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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  • 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
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