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 occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van Meteren? popularity and diffusion
van Meteren is the 1,025,894th most commonly used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 29,624,170 people. van Meteren occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of van Meteren live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 231 people, or 1 in 73,105. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: South Holland, where 27 percent are found, Gelderland, where 26 percent are found and Utrecht, where 16 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found 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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