van Scherpenzeel Surname
Approximately 609 people bear this surname
van Scherpenzeel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 544 | 1:31,043 | 5,152 |
| Belgium | 42 | 1:273,730 | 32,801 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1:1,195,017 | 6,919 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Scherpenzeel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Scherpenzeel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Scherpenzeel is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Scherpenzeel? popularity and diffusion
van Scherpenzeel is the 530,954th most numerous last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 11,966,414 people. van Scherpenzeel is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of van Scherpenzeel live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 544 people, or 1 in 31,043. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: Utrecht, where 35 percent reside, South Holland, where 19 percent reside and North Holland, where 13 percent reside. Besides The Netherlands this last name is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 7 percent reside and Costa Rica, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Scherpen-Zeel | 97 | 1 | / |
| van Scherpenseel | 94 | 133 | / |
| Vanscherpenseel | 90 | 9 | / |
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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 Scherpenzeel
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