van Oosterwijk Surname
Approximately 406 people bear this surname
van Oosterwijk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 380 | 1:44,440 | 7,568 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Oosterwijk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Oosterwijk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Oosterwijk is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Oosterwijk? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 718,674th most prevalent surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 17,949,620 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of van Oosterwijk are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name van Oosterwijk is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 380 people, or 1 in 44,440. In The Netherlands van Oosterwijk is mostly concentrated in: North Brabant, where 45 percent are found, Overijssel, where 20 percent are found and South Holland, where 12 percent are found. Excluding The Netherlands this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 2 percent are found and Belgium, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Oosterwijck | 97 | 571 | / |
| van Osterwijk | 96 | 1 | / |
| van Oosterwijckx | 93 | 1 | / |
| van Oosterwyk | 89 | 13 | / |
| van Oosterwyck | 86 | 326 | / |
| van Oosterweyk | 86 | 1 | / |
| van Oosterweyck | 83 | 1 | / |
| van Osterwyck | 81 | 1 | / |
| Van-Oosterwyck | 79 | 1 | / |
| van Oosterbeek | 79 | 1 | / |
| van Otterbeeck | 64 | 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
- 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 Oosterwijk
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