van Veen Surname

31,641st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16,870 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Veen Surname User-submission:

This surname means 'peaty ground' in Dutch.

van Veen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands14,7981:1,14155
Australia4021:67,1537,997
Canada3891:94,71910,322
United States2121:1,709,712113,287
New Zealand1681:26,9544,714
South Africa1351:401,31635,360
France1191:558,17475,634
Belgium1061:108,45916,244
England921:605,63136,119
Thailand751:941,845145,864
Germany611:1,319,76283,187
Austria471:181,17923,261
Spain431:1,087,25739,071
Switzerland311:264,93321,684
Aruba281:3,696529
Sweden241:410,28229,154
Brazil201:10,703,717220,519
Suriname191:29,0855,642
Norway151:342,81932,589
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Slovenia61:414,61218,975
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Curaçao41:39,312638
China41:341,830,39216,990
Guyana41:190,5559,777
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Brunei21:209,3663,098
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Bosnia and Herzegovina21:1,768,20116,841
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Saint Martin11:35,156229
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

van Veen Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'peaty ground' in Dutch.

- chijanofuji

van Veen Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Veen is most common in The Netherlands. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

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

This surname is the 31,641st most widely held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 431,983 people. The last name van Veen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of van Veen are found; 90 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

van Veen is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 14,798 people, or 1 in 1,141. In The Netherlands van Veen is most frequent in: South Holland, where 33 percent live, North Holland, where 19 percent live and Gelderland, where 10 percent live. Other than The Netherlands this last name exists in 57 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 2 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.

van Veen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of van Veen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the van Veen surname expanded 3,029 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,314 percent between 1881 and 2014.

van Veen Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Veen earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 4.39% more than the national average, earning 361,256 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 14.59% more than the national average, earning R 272,304 per year; in United States they earn 69.19% more than the national average, earning $73,004 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.47% more than the national average, earning $50,912 CAD per year.

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