van Wauwe Surname

1,044,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 240 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Monaco

van Wauwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Wauwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium2321:49,5548,060
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Wauw941/
van Wouwe89514/
van Wae882/
van Wouw82306/
van Waus8216/
van Wave8211/
van Wwey820/
van Wawyh780/
van Wey75202/
van Wee75157/
van Wye7577/
van Way7545/
van Wou752/
van Bau751/
van Wei751/
van Whye71330/
van Wout7181/
van Weij7154/
van Waay7135/
van Weye714/
van Weit711/
van Uije711/
van Wije711/
van Weiy711/
van Wait710/
van Wijhe67739/
van Waaij6748/
van Weije679/
van Wuyts671/
van Woudt671/

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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 Wauwe
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