van Ofwegen Surname
Approximately 132 people bear this surname
van Ofwegen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 121 | 1:139,563 | 21,355 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
van Ofwegen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Ofwegen Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Ofwegen is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Ofwegen? popularity and diffusion
The surname van Ofwegen is the 1,558,593rd most numerous surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 55,208,681 people. van Ofwegen is mostly found in Europe, where 92 percent of van Ofwegen reside; 92 percent reside in Western Europe and 92 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 121 people, or 1 in 139,563. In The Netherlands van Ofwegen is most frequent in: South Holland, where 76 percent are found, North Brabant, where 8 percent are found and North Holland, where 6 percent are found. Beside The Netherlands this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 4 percent are found and Thailand, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Hofwegen | 96 | 763 | / |
| van Hofweegen | 92 | 15 | / |
| van Hofwegan | 87 | 2 | / |
| Vanhofwegan | 82 | 7 | / |
| van Viegen | 76 | 652 | / |
| van Foeken | 76 | 204 | / |
| van Voeken | 76 | 1 | / |
| Vanfoeken | 70 | 243 | / |
| van Veeken | 67 | 2 | / |
| van Viegan | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Ophuizen | 61 | 174 | / |
| van Ophuisen | 61 | 20 | / |
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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 Ofwegen
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