van Kerkhove Surname
Approximately 536 people bear this surname
van Kerkhove Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 486 | 1:23,656 | 3,728 |
| France | 24 | 1:2,767,613 | 196,808 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
van Kerkhove Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Kerkhove Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Kerkhove occurs in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Kerkhove? popularity and diffusion
The last name van Kerkhove is the 584,278th most widely held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 13,596,168 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of van Kerkhove reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 81 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname van Kerkhove is most widely held in Belgium, where it is borne by 486 people, or 1 in 23,656. In Belgium van Kerkhove is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 89 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 10 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 0 percent are found. Excluding Belgium this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in France, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Kerckhove | 96 | 1,811 | / |
| van Kerhove | 96 | 1 | / |
| van Kerkove | 96 | 1 | / |
| van Kerchove | 92 | 147 | / |
| van Kerckove | 92 | 5 | / |
| Van-Kerkhove | 92 | 1 | / |
| van Kerckhhove | 92 | 1 | / |
| van Kerckhover | 92 | 1 | / |
| van Kerrckhove | 92 | 1 | / |
| Van-Kerckhove | 88 | 3 | / |
| van Kerchhove | 88 | 1 | / |
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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 Kerkhove
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