van Wauwe Surname
Approximately 240 people bear this surname
van Wauwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 232 | 1:49,554 | 8,060 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
van Wauwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Wauwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Wauwe occurs in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Wauwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,044,719th most commonly occurring family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 30,364,775 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of van Wauwe live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most commonly held in Belgium, where it is carried by 232 people, or 1 in 49,554. In Belgium it is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 96 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 4 percent live. Barring Belgium it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Wauw | 94 | 1 | / |
| van Wouwe | 89 | 514 | / |
| van Wae | 88 | 2 | / |
| van Wouw | 82 | 306 | / |
| van Waus | 82 | 16 | / |
| van Wave | 82 | 11 | / |
| van Wwey | 82 | 0 | / |
| van Wawyh | 78 | 0 | / |
| van Wey | 75 | 202 | / |
| van Wee | 75 | 157 | / |
| van Wye | 75 | 77 | / |
| van Way | 75 | 45 | / |
| van Wou | 75 | 2 | / |
| van Bau | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Wei | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Whye | 71 | 330 | / |
| van Wout | 71 | 81 | / |
| van Weij | 71 | 54 | / |
| van Waay | 71 | 35 | / |
| van Weye | 71 | 4 | / |
| van Weit | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Uije | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Wije | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Weiy | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Wait | 71 | 0 | / |
| van Wijhe | 67 | 739 | / |
| van Waaij | 67 | 48 | / |
| van Weije | 67 | 9 | / |
| van Wuyts | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Woudt | 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 Wauwe
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis