van Moorter Surname

2,121,169th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 79 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Moorter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Moorter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium761:151,27221,156
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

van Moorter Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Moorter is most common in Belgium. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

The last name is the 2,121,169th most widespread last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 92,247,417 people. The surname van Moorter is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of van Moorter live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

van Moorter is most common in Belgium, where it is carried by 76 people, or 1 in 151,272. In Belgium van Moorter is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 97 percent live and Walloon Region, where 3 percent live. Not including Belgium it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 1 percent live and Spain, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Morter956/
Vanmoorter951/
Vanmorter9038/
van Marter86121/
Vanmarter80448/
Vanmerter804/
van Marte800/
Van-Marter761/
van Martie760/
van Martar760/
van Martis672/
von Marder670/
Vanmerder600/
von Martha571/

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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
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  • 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 Moorter
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