van Sweeden Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Scotland

van Sweeden Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Sweeden Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands171:993,36365,241
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
Scotland61:892,30328,047
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van Sweeden Last Name Facts

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

van Sweeden is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

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

van Sweeden is the 3,274,477th most frequent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. van Sweeden occurs mostly in Europe, where 64 percent of van Sweeden reside; 47 percent reside in Western Europe and 47 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 993,363. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: North Holland, where 59 percent are found, North Brabant, where 29 percent are found and Gelderland, where 6 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands van Sweeden exists in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 33 percent are found and Scotland, where 17 percent are found.

van Sweeden Last Name Statistics demography

van Sweeden earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 35.71% more than the national average, earning R 322,488 per year.

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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
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  • 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 Sweeden
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