van Schenk Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Schenk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Schenk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands211:804,15159,518
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479

van Schenk Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Schenk occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

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

This surname is the 3,957,383rd most prevalent family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name van Schenk is predominantly found in Europe, where 84 percent of van Schenk live; 84 percent live in Western Europe and 84 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name van Schenk is most common in The Netherlands, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 804,151. In The Netherlands van Schenk is most prevalent in: North Holland, where 57 percent live, North Brabant, where 38 percent live and Limburg, where 5 percent live. Apart from The Netherlands it exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 16 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Schenk
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis