van Uem Surname

1,235,409th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 188 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Uem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Uem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1461:115,66618,330
Germany391:2,064,243111,952
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

van Uem Last Name Facts

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

van Uem has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

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

The last name van Uem is the 1,235,409th most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 38,763,542 people. The surname van Uem is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of van Uem are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name van Uem is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is held by 146 people, or 1 in 115,666. In The Netherlands it is most common in: Gelderland, where 82 percent are found, Overijssel, where 5 percent are found and Drenthe, where 4 percent are found. Apart from The Netherlands this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 21 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

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Van-Ven5716/
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van Wing5321/
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Van-Went531/
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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 Uem
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