van Oppen Surname

533,524th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 605 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Oppen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Oppen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands4461:37,8646,389
Belgium651:176,87123,883
United States351:10,355,970420,657
England261:2,143,00282,017
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
Argentina101:4,274,341152,056
France21:33,211,361423,184
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933

van Oppen Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Oppen is most common in The Netherlands. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

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

The last name is the 533,524th most frequent last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,045,530 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 90 percent of van Oppen live; 85 percent live in Western Europe and 84 percent live in Germanic Europe.

van Oppen is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 446 people, or 1 in 37,864. In The Netherlands van Oppen is mostly found in: Limburg, where 53 percent reside, North Holland, where 16 percent reside and South Holland, where 8 percent reside. Barring The Netherlands this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 11 percent reside and The United States, where 6 percent reside.

van Oppen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of van Oppen has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 217 percent between 1881 and 2014.

van Oppen Last Name Statistics demography

van Oppen earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 39.45% less than the national average, earning $26,125 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Hoppen951/
von Oppen89102/
van Oepen8917/
van Oppem894/
Van-Oppen892/
van Happen84298/
van Hoepen84168/
van Epen82111/
van Eupen78266/
von Appen78216/
von Oepen7817/
van Aspen785/
van Eepen781/
van Heupen7463/
von Aspen676/

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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 Oppen
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