van Wensen Surname
Approximately 379 people bear this surname
van Wensen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 365 | 1:46,266 | 7,868 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
van Wensen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Wensen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Wensen is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of van Wensen.
How Common Is The Last Name van Wensen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 755,622nd most frequently occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 19,228,353 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of van Wensen are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 365 people, or 1 in 46,266. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: South Holland, where 36 percent live, North Brabant, where 30 percent live and North Holland, where 19 percent live. Outside of The Netherlands this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent live and Belgium, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Winsen | 90 | 703 | / |
| van Wensem | 90 | 86 | / |
| van Wengen | 90 | 26 | / |
| van Bensen | 90 | 1 | / |
| van Winssen | 86 | 153 | / |
| Van-Winsen | 80 | 2 | / |
| van Winson | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Winsin | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Vinsen | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Veenschoten | 72 | 64 | / |
| van Wingen | 70 | 148 | / |
| von Benson | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Wijngen | 67 | 43 | / |
| von Benzon | 60 | 155 | / |
| van Wingem | 60 | 2 | / |
| van Winschoten | 58 | 1 | / |
| van Vincent | 57 | 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 Wensen
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