van Waaijen Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
van Waaijen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 48 | 1:351,816 | 39,430 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Waaijen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Waaijen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Waaijen is found most in The Netherlands. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van Waaijen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,605,694th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The surname van Waaijen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of van Waaijen are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name van Waaijen is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 351,816. In The Netherlands van Waaijen is primarily concentrated in: North Holland, where 77 percent are found and Utrecht, where 23 percent are found. Barring The Netherlands van Waaijen exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 11 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Baaijen | 91 | 87 | / |
| van Waijjen | 91 | 1 | / |
| van Weijen | 86 | 176 | / |
| van Waasen | 86 | 55 | / |
| van Wayjen | 86 | 1 | / |
| van Waayen | 86 | 1 | / |
| van Wien | 84 | 47 | / |
| van Wijn | 84 | 4 | / |
| van Wijchen | 82 | 111 | / |
| van Weijjen | 82 | 5 | / |
| van Wasen | 80 | 70 | / |
| van Uijen | 80 | 45 | / |
| van Wisen | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Wagen | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Wiggen | 76 | 349 | / |
| van Wichen | 76 | 323 | / |
| van Wahsen | 76 | 25 | / |
| van Baayen | 76 | 17 | / |
| van Wachen | 76 | 1 | / |
| van Waginn | 76 | 0 | / |
| van Wyen | 74 | 12 | / |
| van Bien | 74 | 5 | / |
| van Vien | 74 | 2 | / |
| von Wien | 74 | 0 | / |
| van Wiechen | 73 | 93 | / |
| van Huijzen | 73 | 24 | / |
| van Wegen | 70 | 662 | / |
| van Vasen | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Wegin | 70 | 0 | / |
| van Huizen | 67 | 1,543 | / |
| van Wachem | 67 | 85 | / |
| van Weegen | 67 | 74 | / |
| van Wychen | 67 | 56 | / |
| van Buizen | 67 | 26 | / |
| Van Huisen | 67 | 25 | / |
| van Baggen | 67 | 15 | / |
| von Wiesen | 67 | 2 | / |
| van Wichem | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Vausen | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Waaijen
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