van Poelwijk Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
van Poelwijk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 18 | 1:938,176 | 63,634 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
van Poelwijk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Poelwijk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Poelwijk is found most in The Netherlands. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of van Poelwijk click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Poelwijk? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,532,898th most frequently occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname van Poelwijk is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of van Poelwijk live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname van Poelwijk is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 938,176. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: Gelderland, where 78 percent are found, Flevoland, where 6 percent are found and North Brabant, where 6 percent are found. Barring The Netherlands this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Thailand, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Poelwijck | 96 | 6 | / |
| van Poelijk | 96 | 1 | / |
| van Poelwyck | 83 | 1 | / |
| Vanpolewka | 73 | 3 | / |
| Vanpolak | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Pollock | 70 | 0 | / |
| van Ploeg | 67 | 19 | / |
| Vanbolick | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Blaik | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Poelwijk
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