van Unen Surname

222,155th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,835 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Unen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Unen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1,2731:13,2661,932
Australia3721:72,5698,540
Canada651:566,85547,218
United States401:9,061,473385,835
Thailand251:2,825,534284,782
Belgium211:547,45951,586
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
France41:16,605,680368,153
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Guam11:160,1214,893
Finland11:5,496,70284,025

The alternate forms: van Ünen (44) are calculated separately.

van Unen Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Unen is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: van Ünen. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

The last name is the 222,155th most prevalent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 3,971,415 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 72 percent of van Unen are found; 71 percent are found in Western Europe and 71 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname van Unen is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 1,273 people, or 1 in 13,266. In The Netherlands van Unen is mostly concentrated in: North Holland, where 20 percent are found, North Brabant, where 20 percent are found and South Holland, where 15 percent are found. Outside of The Netherlands this last name occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 20 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.

van Unen Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Unen earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 113.77% more than the national average, earning $92,239 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.51% more than the national average, earning $60,370 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Ünen9644/
van Hunen94351/
van Eunen94245/
van Uunen9481/
van Huenen89113/
van Hunnen891/
Van-Unen8811/
von Unen886/
van Unem885/
van Oenen82238/
van Hienen78121/
van Hunnink747/

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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 Unen
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