van Poolen Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Poolen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Poolen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands331:511,73348,115
United States71:51,779,848968,877

van Poolen Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Poolen is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of van Poolen click here.

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

It is the 3,100,440th most commonly used last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 83 percent of van Poolen are found; 83 percent are found in Western Europe and 83 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name van Poolen is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 511,733. In The Netherlands van Poolen is primarily found in: Gelderland, where 82 percent reside, Flevoland, where 15 percent reside and Utrecht, where 3 percent reside. Barring The Netherlands van Poolen exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 18 percent reside.

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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 Poolen
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