van Reekum Surname
Approximately 191 people bear this surname
van Reekum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 177 | 1:95,408 | 15,599 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
van Reekum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Reekum Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Reekum is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Reekum? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,222,957th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 38,154,691 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of van Reekum reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 94 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 177 people, or 1 in 95,408. In The Netherlands van Reekum is mostly concentrated in: Gelderland, where 49 percent live, Utrecht, where 19 percent live and South Holland, where 14 percent live. Barring The Netherlands this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
van Reekum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of van Reekum has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the van Reekum last name grew 167 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Rekum | 95 | 197 | / |
| Vanreekum | 95 | 14 | / |
| van Rekom | 84 | 49 | / |
| van Recum | 84 | 33 | / |
| van Workum | 80 | 572 | / |
| van Rechem | 80 | 196 | / |
| van Reckem | 80 | 76 | / |
| van Werkum | 80 | 64 | / |
| Vanrekom | 78 | 4 | / |
| van Woerkum | 76 | 218 | / |
| van Workhum | 76 | 1 | / |
| van Worekom | 76 | 1 | / |
| van Rykom | 74 | 43 | / |
| Vanworkum | 74 | 37 | / |
| Vanreckem | 74 | 22 | / |
| van Erkom | 74 | 6 | / |
| von Recum | 74 | 5 | / |
| Vanwerkum | 74 | 5 | / |
| van Woerekom | 73 | 31 | / |
| van Rijkom | 70 | 144 | / |
| van Worcum | 70 | 25 | / |
| van Rycheghem | 70 | 8 | / |
| Van-Reckem | 70 | 2 | / |
| van Herweghem | 70 | 1 | / |
| Vanworekom | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Warreghem | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Erckem | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Woerkom | 67 | 1,531 | / |
| Vonrecum | 67 | 13 | / |
| van Raukema | 67 | 7 | / |
| van Arichem | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Woerkam | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Roukema | 67 | 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
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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 Reekum
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