van Rekum Surname
Approximately 197 people bear this surname
van Rekum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 166 | 1:101,730 | 16,487 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
van Rekum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Rekum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Rekum is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Rekum? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,198,640th most common surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 36,992,619 people. van Rekum occurs mostly in Europe, where 91 percent of van Rekum live; 90 percent live in Western Europe and 90 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 166 people, or 1 in 101,730. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: Gelderland, where 49 percent reside, Utrecht, where 20 percent reside and North Brabant, where 11 percent reside. Not including The Netherlands van Rekum occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 7 percent reside and Switzerland, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Reekum | 95 | 191 | / |
| van Rekom | 89 | 49 | / |
| van Recum | 89 | 33 | / |
| Vanreekum | 89 | 14 | / |
| van Workum | 84 | 572 | / |
| van Reckem | 84 | 76 | / |
| van Werkum | 84 | 64 | / |
| Vanrekom | 82 | 4 | / |
| van Woerkum | 80 | 218 | / |
| van Workhum | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Worekom | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Rykom | 78 | 43 | / |
| Vanworkum | 78 | 37 | / |
| Vanreckem | 78 | 22 | / |
| van Erkom | 78 | 6 | / |
| von Recum | 78 | 5 | / |
| Vanwerkum | 78 | 5 | / |
| van Woerekom | 76 | 31 | / |
| van Rechem | 74 | 196 | / |
| van Rijkom | 74 | 144 | / |
| van Worcum | 74 | 25 | / |
| Van-Reckem | 74 | 2 | / |
| van Erckem | 74 | 1 | / |
| Vanworekom | 74 | 1 | / |
| Vonrecum | 71 | 13 | / |
| van Woerkom | 70 | 1,531 | / |
| van Raukema | 70 | 7 | / |
| van Arichem | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Woerkam | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Roukema | 70 | 1 | / |
| Vanworkom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Viana Orquem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vanarakam | 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
- 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 Rekum
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