van Vessem Surname

413,768th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 842 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Vessem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Vessem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands7731:21,8463,488
United States311:11,692,224454,091
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
England51:11,143,612252,590
France21:33,211,361423,184
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

van Vessem Last Name Facts

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

van Vessem is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

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

van Vessem is the 413,768th most frequent family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 8,655,043 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of van Vessem live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 773 people, or 1 in 21,846. In The Netherlands van Vessem is most prevalent in: North Brabant, where 39 percent are found, South Holland, where 20 percent are found and Gelderland, where 15 percent are found. Apart from The Netherlands this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.

van Vessem Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of van Vessem has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the van Vessem surname rose 620 percent between 1880 and 2014.

van Vessem Last Name Statistics demography

van Vessem earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 26.1% more than the national average, earning $54,411 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Vessem
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