van Item Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
van Item Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 37 | 1:456,410 | 45,371 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
van Item Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Item Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Item occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of van Item.
How Common Is The Last Name van Item? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,843,861st most numerous family name internationally, held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname van Item occurs mostly in Europe, where 83 percent of van Item live; 83 percent live in Western Europe and 83 percent live in Germanic Europe.
van Item is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 456,410. In The Netherlands it is most common in: North Brabant, where 49 percent reside, South Holland, where 22 percent reside and Limburg, where 16 percent reside. Beside The Netherlands this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 15 percent reside and Belgium, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Iten | 88 | 31 | / |
| van Ißem | 88 | 2 | / |
| van Em | 86 | 1 | / |
| van Issem | 82 | 16 | / |
| van Ihsem | 82 | 2 | / |
| van Hetem | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Eetem | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Eem | 80 | 9 | / |
| van Uythem | 78 | 67 | / |
| van Hien | 75 | 171 | / |
| van Hine | 75 | 53 | / |
| van Eten | 75 | 4 | / |
| van Geijten | 74 | 7 | / |
| van Etten | 71 | 2,762 | / |
| van Eeten | 71 | 501 | / |
| van In | 71 | 146 | / |
| van Ooien | 71 | 7 | / |
| van En | 71 | 4 | / |
| van Uyten | 71 | 3 | / |
| van Esten | 71 | 2 | / |
| van Etien | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Oyten | 71 | 1 | / |
| Van-Ihsem | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Eaten | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Hisen | 71 | 0 | / |
| van Enk | 67 | 466 | / |
| van Hetten | 67 | 195 | / |
| van Echten | 67 | 193 | / |
| van Eijndt | 67 | 73 | / |
| van Hessem | 67 | 41 | / |
| Van Huisen | 67 | 25 | / |
| van End | 67 | 8 | / |
| van Ing | 67 | 4 | / |
| van Geyten | 67 | 2 | / |
| van Hesten | 67 | 2 | / |
| van Hen | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Uiting | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Ent | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Gen | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Ina | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Inn | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Heisen | 67 | 0 | / |
| van Estten | 67 | 0 | / |
| van Hoisen | 67 | 0 | / |
| van Eetten | 67 | 0 | / |
| van Heuten | 67 | 0 | / |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Item
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis