van Menk Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Menk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Menk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

van Menk Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Menk occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

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

The last name van Menk is the 5,812,366th most frequently held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name van Menk is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of van Menk reside; 91 percent reside in Western Europe and 91 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name van Menk is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 1,688,718. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: Flevoland, where 50 percent are found and North Holland, where 50 percent are found. Other than The Netherlands this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Spain, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Men931/
van Moen8851/
van Mink881/
van Maen881/
van Meng881/
van Meent821/
van Minks821/
van Min8071/
van Geemen78212/
von Minks711/
von Min671/

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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 Menk
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