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 most common in The Netherlands. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Wettum? popularity and diffusion
The last name van Wettum is the 1,235,409th most numerous family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 38,763,542 people. The surname van Wettum occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of van Wettum live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 180 people, or 1 in 93,818. In The Netherlands van Wettum is primarily concentrated in: North Holland, where 36 percent live, South Holland, where 19 percent live and Gelderland, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account The Netherlands this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 2 percent live and Sweden, where 1 percent live.
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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