van Meggelen Surname

549,140th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 582 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Meggelen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Meggelen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands5461:30,9295,132
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
France21:33,211,361423,184
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

van Meggelen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name van Meggelen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname van Meggelen is found most in The Netherlands. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name van Meggelen? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 549,140th most numerous surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 12,521,557 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of van Meggelen live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 546 people, or 1 in 30,929. In The Netherlands van Meggelen is most numerous in: South Holland, where 52 percent are found, North Brabant, where 16 percent are found and North Holland, where 9 percent are found. Excluding The Netherlands this surname exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 2 percent are found and Switzerland, where 1 percent are found.

van Meggelen Last Name Statistics demography

van Meggelen earn notably more than the average income. In Canada they earn 16.92% more than the national average, earning $58,087 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Meggelen
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis