van Meerbeek Surname
Approximately 457 people bear this surname
van Meerbeek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 422 | 1:27,243 | 4,347 |
| Netherlands | 26 | 1:649,507 | 53,972 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
van Meerbeek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Meerbeek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Meerbeek is carried by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Meerbeek? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 658,434th most commonly held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 15,946,490 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of van Meerbeek are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 73 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
van Meerbeek is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is held by 422 people, or 1 in 27,243. In Belgium it is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 73 percent reside, Brussels Capital Region, where 20 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Belgium it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 6 percent reside and Spain, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Meerbeeck | 96 | 704 | / |
| van Meerbek | 96 | 2 | / |
| van Meerbeke | 92 | 118 | / |
| van Meerbeck | 92 | 59 | / |
| van Merbeeck | 92 | 1 | / |
| van Moerbeeck | 88 | 5 | / |
| Van-Meerbeeck | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Meerbecck | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Merbeck | 87 | 1 | / |
| van Merrbeck | 83 | 1 | / |
| van Meerwijk | 75 | 152 | / |
| van Merwyk | 73 | 39 | / |
| van Merwjk | 73 | 1 | / |
| van Meerwijck | 72 | 28 | / |
| van Merwijk | 70 | 248 | / |
| van Merwyck | 70 | 7 | / |
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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 Meerbeek
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