van Souwe Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

van Souwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Souwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:11,143,612252,590
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

van Souwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Souwe is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

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

It is the 7,593,402nd most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 83 percent of van Souwe are found; 83 percent are found in Northern Europe and 83 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 11,143,612. In England van Souwe is most common in: West Midlands, where 100 percent live. Excluding England this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Australia, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Saw751/
van Suiver741/
van Shaw712/
van Schuyver6738/
van Seiver630/
van Jovi591/
van Chaves532/
von Chawes531/
van Geaver531/
van Ceaver530/

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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 Souwe
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