van Meerssche Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
van Meerssche Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 51 | 1:225,424 | 28,627 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
van Meerssche Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Meerssche Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Meerssche is held by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Meerssche? popularity and diffusion
The surname van Meerssche is the 2,661,929th most prevalent last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of van Meerssche are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 92 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
van Meerssche is most frequent in Belgium, where it is carried by 51 people, or 1 in 225,424. In Belgium it is most common in: Flemish Region, where 96 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent live and Walloon Region, where 2 percent live. Excluding Belgium van Meerssche exists in one country. It also occurs in France, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Meersche | 96 | 55 | / |
| van Merch | 82 | 47 | / |
| van Meers | 82 | 13 | / |
| van Meurss | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Meurs | 73 | 3,120 | / |
| van Mercer | 70 | 3 | / |
| von Mersi | 64 | 49 | / |
| Van-Meurs | 64 | 1 | / |
| van Marrewisk | 54 | 1 | / |
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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 Meerssche
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