van Megen Surname
Approximately 1,144 people bear this surname
van Megen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1,010 | 1:16,720 | 2,585 |
| Germany | 73 | 1:1,102,815 | 73,621 |
| Australia | 17 | 1:1,587,982 | 78,599 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
van Megen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Megen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Megen occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Megen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 325,257th most widely held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 6,370,232 people. The surname van Megen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of van Megen live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 1,010 people, or 1 in 16,720. In The Netherlands van Megen is mostly concentrated in: Gelderland, where 35 percent reside, Limburg, where 24 percent reside and North Brabant, where 10 percent reside. Not including The Netherlands this last name exists in 16 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 6 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Meegen | 95 | 615 | / |
| van Miegen | 95 | 3 | / |
| van Mieghen | 90 | 2 | / |
| van Homwegen | 86 | 1 | / |
| von Moegen | 84 | 32 | / |
| van Meesen | 84 | 26 | / |
| Vanmieghen | 84 | 4 | / |
| van Meegan | 84 | 3 | / |
| van Migem | 78 | 43 | / |
| van Muijen | 74 | 376 | / |
| van Muysen | 74 | 79 | / |
| Vanmcqueen | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Muyzen | 74 | 1 | / |
| Vanamugan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vanmocken | 67 | 1 | / |
| von Magon | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Michem | 63 | 8 | / |
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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 Megen
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