van Reeven Surname

1,235,409th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 188 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Malta

van Reeven Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van Reeven Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1611:104,88916,937
Malta181:23,9041,289
England61:9,286,343223,652
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

van Reeven Last Name Facts

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

van Reeven occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of van Reeven.

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

The last name van Reeven is the 1,235,409th most widely held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 38,763,542 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of van Reeven live; 86 percent live in Western Europe and 86 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 161 people, or 1 in 104,889. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: South Holland, where 71 percent live, Gelderland, where 14 percent live and North Brabant, where 5 percent live. Apart from The Netherlands van Reeven occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Malta, where 10 percent live and England, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Rieven9011/
Van-Reeven901/
van Roeven901/
van Raven845/
van Ruyven80329/
van Ruiven80156/
van Rijven801/
van Ruijven76523/
von Raven746/
van Rooybn601/

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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 Reeven
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