van Meerhaeghe Surname
Approximately 265 people bear this surname
van Meerhaeghe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 252 | 1:45,622 | 7,402 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
van Meerhaeghe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Meerhaeghe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Meerhaeghe occurs in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of van Meerhaeghe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Meerhaeghe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 975,866th most commonly used last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 27,500,173 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of van Meerhaeghe live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 77 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Belgium, where it is held by 252 people, or 1 in 45,622. In Belgium it is most prevalent in: Flemish Region, where 81 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 11 percent live and Walloon Region, where 8 percent live. Aside from Belgium it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanmeerhaeghe | 96 | 342 | / |
| van Merhaeghe | 96 | 39 | / |
| van Meerhaege | 96 | 21 | / |
| van Meirhaeghe | 93 | 380 | / |
| Vanmerhaeghe | 92 | 16 | / |
| van Merhaege | 92 | 8 | / |
| Vanmeerhaegh | 92 | 2 | / |
| Vanmeerhaghe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Vanmeirhaeghe | 89 | 142 | / |
| van Meirhaege | 89 | 1 | / |
| van Meere | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Meer | 73 | 2,464 | / |
| van Moere | 70 | 176 | / |
| van Meyer | 70 | 10 | / |
| van Meier | 70 | 2 | / |
| Vanmeer | 67 | 246 | / |
| van Mer | 67 | 47 | / |
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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 Meerhaeghe
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