van Viegen Surname

503,825th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 652 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Viegen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Viegen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands5941:28,4304,664
South Africa261:2,083,75892,464
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Saint Martin11:35,156229
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

van Viegen Last Name Facts

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

van Viegen occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

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

The surname is the 503,825th most frequently held surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 11,177,218 people. The last name van Viegen is predominantly found in Europe, where 92 percent of van Viegen live; 91 percent live in Western Europe and 91 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 594 people, or 1 in 28,430. In The Netherlands it is most common in: Utrecht, where 40 percent live, South Holland, where 24 percent live and Gelderland, where 15 percent live. Besides The Netherlands van Viegen occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 4 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.

van Viegen Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Viegen earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 186.08% more than the national average, earning R 679,836 per year and in Canada they earn 7.06% less than the national average, earning $46,176 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Van-Viegen903/
van Wiegen901/
van Vierzen8679/
van Wegen84662/
van Begen841/
van Biesen80889/
van Biezen80486/
van Wiggen80349/
van Beugen80279/
van Weegen8074/
von Wiegen8012/
van Wiechen7693/
van Begin7490/
van Wegin740/
von Wiesen702/
van Huijzen6724/

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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 Viegen
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