van Kersen Surname

1,459,453rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 146 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Kersen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Kersen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1101:153,52022,896
United States151:24,163,929685,360
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

van Kersen Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Kersen is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

This last name is the 1,459,453rd most frequent surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 49,914,698 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 77 percent of van Kersen are found; 76 percent are found in Western Europe and 76 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname van Kersen is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 110 people, or 1 in 153,520. In The Netherlands van Kersen is most numerous in: South Holland, where 59 percent reside, Utrecht, where 13 percent reside and Flevoland, where 9 percent reside. Aside from The Netherlands this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 10 percent reside and South Africa, where 7 percent reside.

van Kersen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of van Kersen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the van Kersen surname increased 250 percent between 1880 and 2014.

van Kersen Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Kersen earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 54.93% less than the national average, earning R 107,112 per year and in United States they earn 1.97% more than the national average, earning $44,000 USD per year.

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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
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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to van Kersen
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