van Meteren Surname
Approximately 246 people bear this surname
van Meteren Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 231 | 1:73,105 | 12,407 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
van Meteren Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Meteren Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Meteren is found most in The Netherlands. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Meteren? popularity and diffusion
van Meteren is the 1,025,894th most frequent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 29,624,170 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of van Meteren are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 231 people, or 1 in 73,105. In The Netherlands van Meteren is primarily found in: South Holland, where 27 percent are found, Gelderland, where 26 percent are found and Utrecht, where 16 percent are found. Outside of The Netherlands this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in France, where 3 percent are found and Belgium, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Meeteren | 96 | 1,113 | / |
| Vanmeteren | 95 | 21 | / |
| van Meetteren | 92 | 1 | / |
| Vanmeeteren | 91 | 329 | / |
| van Meetren | 91 | 1 | / |
| Vanmteren | 90 | 1 | / |
| van Meeteran | 87 | 1 | / |
| Vanmeetren | 86 | 18 | / |
| Vanmeetern | 86 | 7 | / |
| Vonmeeteren | 82 | 6 | / |
| Vanmeeteran | 82 | 1 | / |
| Van-Meeterem | 78 | 1 | / |
| von Matern | 76 | 59 | / |
| von Matérn | 67 | 29 | / |
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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 Meteren
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