van Houwe Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
van Houwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 59 | 1:194,858 | 25,672 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
van Houwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Houwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Houwe occurs most in Belgium. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of van Houwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Houwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,352,516th most commonly held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 89 percent of van Houwe live; 89 percent live in Western Europe and 88 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Belgium, where it is carried by 59 people, or 1 in 194,858. In Belgium van Houwe is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 98 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 2 percent are found. Beside Belgium this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 9 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Houwer | 95 | 8 | / |
| van Howe | 94 | 58 | / |
| van Houw | 94 | 11 | / |
| van Hauwe | 89 | 444 | / |
| van Hoeue | 89 | 5 | / |
| van Uwe | 88 | 2 | / |
| van How | 88 | 0 | / |
| van Hove | 82 | 7,333 | / |
| van Hauw | 82 | 40 | / |
| van Hobe | 82 | 2 | / |
| Van-Howe | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Hoeve | 78 | 501 | / |
| van Hover | 78 | 96 | / |
| van Hauve | 78 | 29 | / |
| van Hoove | 78 | 29 | / |
| van Hawes | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Haw | 75 | 1 | / |
| von How | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Auw | 75 | 0 | / |
| van Hoover | 74 | 7 | / |
| van Hooved | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Heuver | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Over | 71 | 109 | / |
| Van-Hove | 71 | 24 | / |
| von Hobe | 71 | 14 | / |
| von Hove | 71 | 5 | / |
| van Have | 71 | 1 | / |
| von Hawe | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Haver | 67 | 992 | / |
| von Ow | 67 | 271 | / |
| van Hoofd | 67 | 14 | / |
| Van-Hover | 67 | 2 | / |
| Van-Hoeve | 67 | 2 | / |
| von Euw | 63 | 751 | / |
| von Auw | 63 | 23 | / |
| van Awa | 63 | 11 | / |
| van Chaves | 63 | 2 | / |
| von Awe | 63 | 2 | / |
| van Hoofdt | 63 | 1 | / |
| von Chawes | 63 | 1 | / |
| von Hoover | 63 | 1 | / |
| van Heiver | 63 | 1 | / |
| von Have | 59 | 23 | / |
| van Jovi | 59 | 1 | / |
| Van-Haver | 56 | 2 | / |
| Von-Ow | 53 | 2 | / |
| Von-Euw | 50 | 5 | / |
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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 Houwe
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