van Went Surname

1,055,483rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 237 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Went Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Went Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1811:93,29915,307
Canada251:1,473,824101,190
France141:4,744,480251,814
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

van Went Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name van Went Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name van Went has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of van Went.

How Common Is The Last Name van Went? popularity and diffusion

The last name van Went is the 1,055,483rd most widespread family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 30,749,139 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 89 percent of van Went live; 88 percent live in Western Europe and 82 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 181 people, or 1 in 93,299. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: South Holland, where 60 percent reside, North Holland, where 11 percent reside and Limburg, where 10 percent reside. Aside from The Netherlands this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 11 percent reside and France, where 6 percent reside.

van Went Last Name Statistics demography

van Went earn significantly less than the average income. In Canada they earn 33.18% less than the national average, earning $33,198 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Wien8847/
van Wint8813/
van Bent886/
Van-Went881/
van Weng881/
van Windt8268/
von Wendt8230/
van Win80385/
van Ven8070/
van Ben8014/
van Wyn803/
van Veen7516,870/
van Wing7521/
van Wijn754/
van Wind754/
van Vien752/
van Been752/
van Veng751/
van Uenk751/
van Wink750/
von Wien750/
van Wincq714/
van Houen711/
van Venne711/
van Uem67188/
Van-Ven6716/
Van't Veen6713/
van Wim672/
Van-Win671/
Van-Veen6373/
van Binn631/
von Behn630/
van Vynck5938/
von Veehn590/

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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 Went
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