van Meessche Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
van Meessche Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Meessche Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Meessche Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Meessche is more commonly found in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Meessche? popularity and diffusion
van Meessche is the 8,968,613th most commonly used family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name van Meessche occurs mostly in Europe, where 75 percent of van Meessche reside; 75 percent reside in Western Europe and 75 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most common in Belgium, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 3,832,215. In Belgium van Meessche is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 100 percent are found. Barring Belgium this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Meesche | 96 | 23 | / |
| van Mees | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Mes | 74 | 2 | / |
| van Mouche | 73 | 7 | / |
| van Meus | 70 | 3 | / |
| van Mies | 70 | 1 | / |
| von Meiss | 67 | 60 | / |
| van Metts | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Meijs | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Massee | 64 | 1 | / |
| von Maucher | 61 | 3 | / |
| van Macy | 60 | 1 | / |
| von Metz | 50 | 2 | / |
| von Meiß | 50 | 1 | / |
| von Mist | 50 | 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 Meessche
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