van Renssen Surname

1,009,375th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 252 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Renssen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Renssen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1751:96,49815,750
South Africa681:796,73154,178
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
England31:18,572,686338,250
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

van Renssen Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Renssen is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

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

The surname van Renssen is the 1,009,375th most commonly used family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 28,918,833 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 72 percent of van Renssen reside; 71 percent reside in Western Europe and 70 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 175 people, or 1 in 96,498. In The Netherlands van Renssen is most numerous in: South Holland, where 48 percent live, Gelderland, where 26 percent live and North Brabant, where 9 percent live. Outside of The Netherlands this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 27 percent live and Belgium, where 1 percent live.

van Renssen Last Name Statistics demography

van Renssen earn significantly more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 28.46% more than the national average, earning R 305,268 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Rensen95167/
Vanrenssen953/
van Rengen8673/
van Remsen861/
van Ransen861/
van Roy-Nijssen771/
van Ringen67160/
von Ranson679/
Vannornson670/

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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 Renssen
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