van Scheers Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
van Scheers Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 48 | 1:351,816 | 39,430 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
van Scheers Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Scheers Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Scheers is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of van Scheers.
How Common Is The Last Name van Scheers? popularity and diffusion
The surname van Scheers is the 2,530,696th most commonly used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 86 percent of van Scheers reside; 83 percent reside in Western Europe and 83 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
van Scheers is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 351,816. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: South Holland, where 40 percent reside, North Holland, where 35 percent reside and Utrecht, where 23 percent reside. Besides The Netherlands this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 9 percent reside and Norway, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vansheers | 90 | 2 | / |
| van Sears | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Sauers | 76 | 38 | / |
| Vanschoris | 76 | 0 | / |
| van Sars | 74 | 1 | / |
| von Seggers | 73 | 0 | / |
| von Sauers | 67 | 6 | / |
| von Chours | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vanshrauss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vanschorisse | 61 | 1 | / |
| Vena-Shores | 55 | 6 | / |
| Vanucci Rossi | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Scheers
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