van Meeren Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Meeren Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Meeren Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van Meeren Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Meeren is found most in Germany. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of van Meeren.

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

It is the 6,360,413th most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. van Meeren is mostly found in Europe, where 89 percent of van Meeren reside; 89 percent reside in Western Europe and 89 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

van Meeren is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 26,835,153. In Germany van Meeren is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 100 percent live. Not including Germany this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 33 percent live and Belgium, where 22 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Meyeren95274/
van Meetren951/
van Meerem9024/
van Mehren901/
van Mern890/
von Meyeren8616/
van Maren841,018/
van Maaren801,225/
von Mehren8063/
von Mering7022/
Van-Maaren701/

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