van Poecke Surname
Approximately 450 people bear this surname
van Poecke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 233 | 1:49,342 | 8,024 |
| Netherlands | 190 | 1:88,880 | 14,701 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
van Poecke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Poecke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Poecke has its highest incidence in Belgium. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of van Poecke.
How Common Is The Last Name van Poecke? popularity and diffusion
The surname van Poecke is the 666,162nd most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,194,546 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of van Poecke are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 94 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is held by 233 people, or 1 in 49,342. In Belgium van Poecke is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 100 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 0 percent reside. Besides Belgium this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 42 percent reside and France, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Poeck | 95 | 152 | / |
| van Poeke | 95 | 14 | / |
| van Pocke | 95 | 6 | / |
| van Poucke | 90 | 2,457 | / |
| Van-Poecke | 90 | 1 | / |
| van Pouke | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Peake | 84 | 0 | / |
| Van-Poucke | 80 | 36 | / |
| van Pukke | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Poucque | 67 | 7 | / |
| von Pike | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Puijker | 67 | 1 | / |
| Van-Poucque | 57 | 1 | / |
| van Paucque | 57 | 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 Poecke
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