van Nijen Surname
Approximately 273 people bear this surname
van Nijen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 196 | 1:86,159 | 14,300 |
| Belgium | 74 | 1:155,360 | 21,583 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
van Nijen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Nijen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Nijen is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of van Nijen.
How Common Is The Last Name van Nijen? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 956,400th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 26,694,307 people. The surname van Nijen occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of van Nijen reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 196 people, or 1 in 86,159. In The Netherlands van Nijen is most prevalent in: Overijssel, where 34 percent live, Friesland, where 22 percent live and Gelderland, where 11 percent live. Other than The Netherlands it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 27 percent live and Greece, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Nijgen | 95 | 12 | / |
| van Nien | 94 | 7 | / |
| van Nooijen | 90 | 102 | / |
| van Nhien | 89 | 3 | / |
| van Nooien | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Ngujen | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Nyen | 82 | 192 | / |
| van Neen | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Nieting | 80 | 63 | / |
| van Nooieyn | 80 | 5 | / |
| van Noyen | 78 | 133 | / |
| van Neyen | 78 | 17 | / |
| van Negen | 78 | 3 | / |
| van Nygen | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Nietting | 76 | 5 | / |
| van Neygen | 74 | 24 | / |
| van Neuten | 74 | 5 | / |
| van Ngoyen | 74 | 2 | / |
| van Netgen | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Ngeyen | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Nooyen | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Niettingh | 73 | 16 | / |
| von Niessen | 70 | 42 | / |
| von Niessin | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Naune | 67 | 0 | / |
| Van-Nuygen | 63 | 1 | / |
| Von-Niessen | 60 | 2 | / |
| van Geenhuizen | 52 | 177 | / |
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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 Nijen
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