van Meek Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Qatar
Highest density in:
Qatar

van Meek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Meek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Qatar61:393,00055,922
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

van Meek Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Meek is carried by more people in Qatar than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

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

The last name van Meek is the 5,213,395th most commonly used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 43 percent of van Meek reside; 43 percent reside in West Asia and 43 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.

van Meek is most numerous in Qatar, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 393,000. Beside Qatar this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 36 percent live and Greece, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Meeks941/
Van-Meek883/
van Meck881/
van Meike821/
van Meg800/
von Meck754/
van Myck750/
van Maike712/
Von-Meck632/
von Micks594/

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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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  • 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 Meek
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