van Veenen Surname
Approximately 369 people bear this surname
van Veenen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 360 | 1:46,909 | 7,995 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
van Veenen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Veenen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Veenen is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of van Veenen.
How Common Is The Last Name van Veenen? popularity and diffusion
The last name van Veenen is the 770,644th most common last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 19,749,447 people. The surname van Veenen is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of van Veenen are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most common in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 360 people, or 1 in 46,909. In The Netherlands it is most common in: Drenthe, where 36 percent live, Friesland, where 20 percent live and Groningen, where 12 percent live. Apart from The Netherlands it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 1 percent live and Germany, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Venen | 95 | 1 | / |
| van Voheenen | 91 | 5 | / |
| van Weenen | 90 | 492 | / |
| van Beenen | 90 | 51 | / |
| van Wenen | 84 | 3 | / |
| van Benen | 84 | 0 | / |
| van Huenen | 80 | 113 | / |
| van Bienen | 80 | 41 | / |
| van Beynen | 80 | 34 | / |
| van Wienen | 80 | 28 | / |
| Van-Weenen | 80 | 4 | / |
| van Weynen | 80 | 4 | / |
| van Wgenen | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Beijnen | 76 | 220 | / |
| van Weijnen | 76 | 19 | / |
| van Wynen | 74 | 90 | / |
| van Bynen | 74 | 59 | / |
| van Waggenen | 73 | 0 | / |
| van Wijnen | 70 | 1,383 | / |
| van Bijnen | 70 | 859 | / |
| van Beneen | 70 | 6 | / |
| Van-Beynen | 70 | 1 | / |
| Van-Wynen | 63 | 1 | / |
| Van-Bynen | 63 | 1 | / |
| von Wening | 60 | 4 | / |
| van Winoen | 60 | 1 | / |
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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 Veenen
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