van Kent Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

van Kent Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Kent Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia61:401,56710,578
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

van Kent Last Name Facts

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

van Kent is more frequently found in Namibia than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

It is the 5,057,639th most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name van Kent occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of van Kent reside; 67 percent reside in Southern Africa and 67 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname van Kent is most frequently used in Namibia, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 401,567. In Namibia van Kent is most prevalent in: Khomas Region, where 67 percent live, Hardap Region, where 17 percent live and ǁKaras Region, where 17 percent live. Aside from Namibia it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 27 percent live and The Netherlands, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Kien885/
van Keen882/
van Keng881/
van Kints82207/
van King755/
van Chen752/
van Kind751/
van Kühn751/
von Keng751/
Van-Kien751/
van Cuen750/
van Kinne716/
van Quint711/
van Queen711/
van Cin671/
von King633/
von Kühn632/
van Chin631/
von Cheen591/

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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 Kent
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