van Wechem Surname
Approximately 102 people bear this surname
van Wechem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 92 | 1:183,556 | 26,152 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
van Wechem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Wechem Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Wechem is most common in The Netherlands. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of van Wechem.
How Common Is The Last Name van Wechem? popularity and diffusion
van Wechem is the 1,828,462nd most frequently held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 71,446,529 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of van Wechem are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
van Wechem is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 92 people, or 1 in 183,556. In The Netherlands van Wechem is primarily found in: North Holland, where 64 percent reside, Gelderland, where 21 percent reside and South Holland, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account The Netherlands this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 9 percent reside and Thailand, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Wachem | 90 | 85 | / |
| van Wichem | 90 | 1 | / |
| van Wiechen | 86 | 93 | / |
| van Wichen | 80 | 323 | / |
| van Wessem | 80 | 207 | / |
| van Wychen | 80 | 56 | / |
| van Wijchen | 76 | 111 | / |
| van Vetchen | 76 | 0 | / |
| van Wegen | 74 | 662 | / |
| van Weene | 74 | 13 | / |
| van Vessem | 70 | 842 | / |
| van Wetten | 70 | 730 | / |
| van Weijen | 70 | 176 | / |
| van Weegen | 70 | 74 | / |
| van Wissem | 70 | 65 | / |
| van Bekkem | 70 | 39 | / |
| van Wessen | 70 | 7 | / |
| von Bechen | 70 | 6 | / |
| van Bessem | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Weijjen | 67 | 5 | / |
| van Wyne | 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
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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 Wechem
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