van Wankum Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
van Wankum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 58 | 1:291,158 | 35,264 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Wankum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Wankum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Wankum is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of van Wankum click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Wankum? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,460,878th most common last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. van Wankum occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of van Wankum live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.
van Wankum is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 291,158. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: Utrecht, where 43 percent live, Limburg, where 31 percent live and North Brabant, where 14 percent live. Excluding The Netherlands this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Ankum | 95 | 79 | / |
| Vanwankum | 95 | 3 | / |
| van Wankem | 90 | 1 | / |
| Vanankum | 89 | 11 | / |
| van Ancum | 84 | 31 | / |
| Vonankum | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Hanekom | 76 | 1 | / |
| von Ankem | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Wingem | 70 | 2 | / |
| Vanankamoh | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Hanegem | 67 | 127 | / |
| van Winghem | 67 | 28 | / |
| van Ngem | 67 | 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 Wankum
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