van Tunen Surname

891,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 301 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Tunen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Tunen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2421:69,78211,887
Canada551:669,92054,285
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van Tunen Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Tunen is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

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

The last name is the 891,661st most commonly held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 24,211,116 people. The surname van Tunen is predominantly found in Europe, where 81 percent of van Tunen reside; 80 percent reside in Western Europe and 80 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 242 people, or 1 in 69,782. In The Netherlands van Tunen is most prevalent in: North Holland, where 91 percent live, Utrecht, where 3 percent live and Gelderland, where 2 percent live. Other than The Netherlands this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 18 percent live and Norway, where 1 percent live.

van Tunen Last Name Statistics demography

van Tunen earn somewhat more than the average income. In Canada they earn 7.11% more than the national average, earning $53,214 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Tuinen95580/
van Thunen952/
van Tunien951/
van Thuynen904/
Van-Tunen891/
van Tienen84909/
van Thünen841/
van Thienen80723/
Van-Tienen745/
von Thienen7010/
Van-Thienen701/

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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 Tunen
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