van Merwijk Surname
Approximately 248 people bear this surname
van Merwijk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 246 | 1:68,647 | 11,709 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
van Merwijk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Merwijk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Merwijk is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Merwijk? popularity and diffusion
van Merwijk is the 1,020,242nd most numerous surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 29,385,266 people. The surname van Merwijk is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of van Merwijk reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 246 people, or 1 in 68,647. In The Netherlands van Merwijk is mostly concentrated in: Gelderland, where 47 percent are found, North Brabant, where 21 percent are found and South Holland, where 11 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 0 percent are found and Hungary, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Meerwijk | 96 | 152 | / |
| van Merwjk | 95 | 1 | / |
| van Meerwijck | 92 | 28 | / |
| van Marwijk | 91 | 467 | / |
| van Morwijk | 91 | 1 | / |
| van Marweijk | 87 | 7 | / |
| van Marwijck | 87 | 1 | / |
| van Merwyk | 86 | 39 | / |
| van Marwik | 86 | 1 | / |
| van Marwick | 82 | 51 | / |
| van Merwyck | 82 | 7 | / |
| van Marwyk | 76 | 49 | / |
| van Marwyck | 73 | 15 | / |
| van Meerbek | 73 | 2 | / |
| van Merbeck | 73 | 1 | / |
| van Meerbeek | 70 | 457 | / |
| van Meerbeck | 70 | 59 | / |
| van Merrbeck | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Merbeeck | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Meerbeeck | 67 | 704 | / |
| van Meerbecck | 67 | 1 | / |
| Van-Meerbeeck | 58 | 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 Merwijk
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