van Owen Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

van Owen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Owen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel71:1,222,51968,299
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

van Owen Last Name Facts

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

van Owen is more commonly found in Israel than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

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

It is the 5,587,209th most widespread family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 58 percent of van Owen reside; 58 percent reside in West Asia and 58 percent reside in Judeo-West Asia.

The surname is most widely held in Israel, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 1,222,519. In Israel it is most numerous in: Northern District, where 86 percent live and Central District, where 14 percent live. Beside Israel van Owen occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 33 percent live and Canada, where 8 percent live.

van Owen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of van Owen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the van Owen surname decreased 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Owen
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