van Oosterwijck Surname
Approximately 571 people bear this surname
van Oosterwijck Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 472 | 1:24,357 | 3,854 |
| Netherlands | 65 | 1:259,803 | 32,877 |
| Australia | 28 | 1:964,132 | 57,058 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
van Oosterwijck Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Oosterwijck Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Oosterwijck is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van Oosterwijck? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 557,062nd most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 12,762,777 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 95 percent of van Oosterwijck reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 85 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequent in Belgium, where it is carried by 472 people, or 1 in 24,357. In Belgium van Oosterwijck is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 89 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 8 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Belgium this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 11 percent are found and Australia, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Oosterwijk | 97 | 406 | / |
| van Oosterwijckx | 97 | 1 | / |
| van Osterwijk | 93 | 1 | / |
| van Oosterwyck | 90 | 326 | / |
| van Oosterweyck | 87 | 1 | / |
| van Oosterwyk | 86 | 13 | / |
| van Osterwyck | 86 | 1 | / |
| Van-Oosterwyck | 83 | 1 | / |
| van Oosterweyk | 83 | 1 | / |
| van Oosterbeek | 76 | 1 | / |
| van Otterbeeck | 69 | 1 | / |
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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 Oosterwijck
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