van Wettum Surname
Approximately 188 people bear this surname
van Wettum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 180 | 1:93,818 | 15,387 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
van Wettum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Wettum Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Wettum is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Wettum? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,235,409th most numerous last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 38,763,542 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of van Wettum reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 180 people, or 1 in 93,818. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: North Holland, where 36 percent reside, South Holland, where 19 percent reside and Gelderland, where 15 percent reside. Outside of The Netherlands this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 2 percent reside and Sweden, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Wattum | 90 | 129 | / |
| van Bettum | 90 | 1 | / |
| Vanwattum | 84 | 10 | / |
| van Hattum | 80 | 1,173 | / |
| Vanettem | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Hettema | 76 | 195 | / |
| van Houttum | 76 | 66 | / |
| Vantum | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vanhattum | 74 | 69 | / |
| van Hetem | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Eetem | 74 | 1 | / |
| Vannettem | 74 | 0 | / |
| van Tam | 71 | 15 | / |
| van Dem | 71 | 7 | / |
| Vantuam | 71 | 5 | / |
| Vantoum | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vantium | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Tom | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Hattem | 70 | 1,488 | / |
| van Houtum | 70 | 1,143 | / |
| van Hautum | 70 | 48 | / |
| van Weydom | 70 | 11 | / |
| Van-Hattum | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Tiem | 67 | 252 | / |
| van Diem | 67 | 227 | / |
| van de Weem | 67 | 211 | / |
| van Edom | 67 | 123 | / |
| van Item | 67 | 47 | / |
| van Thom | 67 | 10 | / |
| van Houttem | 67 | 7 | / |
| van Duym | 67 | 7 | / |
| van Tham | 67 | 5 | / |
| Vanhitum | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Duim | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Toom | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Udem | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Thim | 67 | 1 | / |
| von Thum | 67 | 0 | / |
| van Veeton | 60 | 0 | / |
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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 Wettum
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