van Wenum Surname

1,806,862nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 104 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Wenum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van Wenum Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1021:165,56124,214
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

van Wenum Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Wenum occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of van Wenum.

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

The last name van Wenum is the 1,806,862nd most frequently held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 70,072,557 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of van Wenum reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 102 people, or 1 in 165,561. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: Overijssel, where 38 percent live, Gelderland, where 35 percent live and South Holland, where 14 percent live. Other than The Netherlands this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 1 percent live and Norway, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Weenum9544/
van Wanum8970/
van Wenun891/
van Beynum8482/
van Beinum8453/
van Beijnum80267/
van Bejjnum801/
van Bynum782/
van Winoen741/
van Wynon670/
van Veenhuisen6136/
van Veenhuijsen582/
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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 Wenum
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