van Sighem Surname
Approximately 177 people bear this surname
van Sighem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 94 | 1:179,651 | 25,733 |
| Belgium | 81 | 1:141,934 | 20,189 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
van Sighem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Sighem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Sighem is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Sighem? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,286,243rd most commonly held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 41,172,576 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of van Sighem live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 94 people, or 1 in 179,651. In The Netherlands it is most common in: Zeeland, where 69 percent reside, South Holland, where 12 percent reside and Gelderland, where 9 percent reside. Beside The Netherlands this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 46 percent reside and Spain, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vansighem | 95 | 2 | / |
| Vensighem | 84 | 12 | / |
| Vinsighem | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Ißem | 78 | 2 | / |
| van Sima | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Coyghem | 76 | 2 | / |
| Vansim | 75 | 33 | / |
| van Assem | 74 | 157 | / |
| van Issem | 74 | 16 | / |
| van Simay | 74 | 7 | / |
| van Ihsem | 74 | 2 | / |
| van Seaum | 74 | 0 | / |
| van Sam | 71 | 33 | / |
| van Som | 71 | 5 | / |
| Vansemo | 71 | 3 | / |
| van Assema | 70 | 230 | / |
| van Wessem | 70 | 207 | / |
| van Simaey | 70 | 119 | / |
| van Wissem | 70 | 65 | / |
| van Hessem | 70 | 41 | / |
| van Wassem | 70 | 31 | / |
| van Soom | 67 | 307 | / |
| van Swam | 67 | 169 | / |
| van Asma | 67 | 85 | / |
| Vanihsem | 67 | 10 | / |
| Viana Simao | 67 | 7 | / |
| Vansimay | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vanassem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vanasime | 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 Sighem
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