van Meesen Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
van Meesen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 21 | 1:804,151 | 59,518 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
van Meesen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Meesen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Meesen is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van Meesen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,882,373rd most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of van Meesen reside; 85 percent reside in Western Europe and 81 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 804,151. In The Netherlands it is most common in: South Holland, where 90 percent are found, North Brabant, where 5 percent are found and Overijssel, where 5 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 8 percent are found and Spain, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Meegen | 90 | 615 | / |
| van Messen | 90 | 7 | / |
| van Meeson | 90 | 1 | / |
| van Megen | 84 | 1,144 | / |
| van Meene | 84 | 48 | / |
| van Messem | 80 | 102 | / |
| van Muysen | 80 | 79 | / |
| van Maasen | 80 | 5 | / |
| van Mean | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Maassen | 76 | 60 | / |
| van Mason | 74 | 2 | / |
| van Mozen | 74 | 0 | / |
| van Muijen | 70 | 376 | / |
| van Messom | 70 | 6 | / |
| van Muyzen | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Masson | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Minh | 67 | 18 | / |
| van Main | 67 | 0 | / |
| van Migem | 63 | 43 | / |
| von Mason | 63 | 2 | / |
| van Michem | 60 | 8 | / |
| Van-Minh | 56 | 1 | / |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Meesen
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis