van Meesche Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
van Meesche Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 21 | 1:804,151 | 59,518 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
van Meesche Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Meesche Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Meesche occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Meesche? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,116,508th most frequently held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of van Meesche are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 91 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
van Meesche is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 804,151. In The Netherlands van Meesche is mostly found in: North Holland, where 71 percent live and Drenthe, where 29 percent live. Barring The Netherlands it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 4 percent live and France, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Meessche | 96 | 4 | / |
| van Mees | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Mes | 78 | 2 | / |
| van Mouche | 76 | 7 | / |
| van Meus | 74 | 3 | / |
| van Mies | 74 | 1 | / |
| von Mitschke | 70 | 6 | / |
| van Metts | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Meijs | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Massee | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Metske | 67 | 1 | / |
| von Maucher | 64 | 3 | / |
| van Macy | 63 | 1 | / |
| von Meiss | 60 | 60 | / |
| von Metz | 53 | 2 | / |
| von Mist | 53 | 1 | / |
| von Meiß | 53 | 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 Meesche
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