van Westen Surname

390,407th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 907 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Westen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Westen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands8061:20,9523,324
United States461:7,879,542351,394
Canada211:1,754,552114,935
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

van Westen Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Westen occurs most in The Netherlands. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

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

It is the 390,407th most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,034,781 people. The last name van Westen is predominantly found in Europe, where 92 percent of van Westen live; 91 percent live in Western Europe and 91 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 806 people, or 1 in 20,952. In The Netherlands it is most common in: North Holland, where 32 percent reside, South Holland, where 20 percent reside and Zeeland, where 20 percent reside. Aside from The Netherlands van Westen occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent reside and Canada, where 2 percent reside.

van Westen Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Westen earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 92.61% more than the national average, earning $83,111 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.5% less than the national average, earning $48,441 CAD per year.

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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 Westen
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