van Wichen Surname
Approximately 323 people bear this surname
van Wichen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 272 | 1:62,085 | 10,675 |
| Australia | 24 | 1:1,124,821 | 62,883 |
| New Zealand | 19 | 1:238,333 | 22,631 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
van Wichen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Wichen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Wichen is found most in The Netherlands. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Wichen? popularity and diffusion
The surname van Wichen is the 847,909th most common surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 22,562,062 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 85 percent of van Wichen live; 84 percent live in Western Europe and 84 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most common in The Netherlands, where it is held by 272 people, or 1 in 62,085. In The Netherlands van Wichen is most prevalent in: Gelderland, where 30 percent are found, South Holland, where 29 percent are found and North Holland, where 24 percent are found. Aside from The Netherlands van Wichen is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 7 percent are found and New Zealand, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Wijchen | 95 | 111 | / |
| van Wiechen | 95 | 93 | / |
| van Wychen | 90 | 56 | / |
| van Wichem | 90 | 1 | / |
| van Wisen | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Wissen | 80 | 1,131 | / |
| van Wiggen | 80 | 349 | / |
| van Weijen | 80 | 176 | / |
| van Wechem | 80 | 102 | / |
| van Witsen | 80 | 66 | / |
| von Wicken | 80 | 5 | / |
| van Wijken | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Wijn | 78 | 4 | / |
| van Waaijen | 76 | 55 | / |
| van Weijjen | 76 | 5 | / |
| van Waijjen | 76 | 1 | / |
| van Vetchen | 76 | 0 | / |
| van Wegen | 74 | 662 | / |
| van Uijen | 74 | 45 | / |
| van Weene | 74 | 13 | / |
| van Wegin | 74 | 0 | / |
| van Huizen | 70 | 1,543 | / |
| van Wetten | 70 | 730 | / |
| van Besien | 70 | 268 | / |
| van Weegen | 70 | 74 | / |
| van Wissem | 70 | 65 | / |
| van Buizen | 70 | 26 | / |
| Van Huisen | 70 | 25 | / |
| van Wessen | 70 | 7 | / |
| von Bechen | 70 | 6 | / |
| Van-Wissen | 70 | 2 | / |
| van Bissen | 70 | 2 | / |
| von Wiesen | 70 | 2 | / |
| van Wekken | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Wayjen | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Huesen | 70 | 0 | / |
| van Baaijen | 67 | 87 | / |
| van Wissing | 67 | 71 | / |
| van Buijsen | 67 | 22 | / |
| van Binh | 67 | 14 | / |
| van Vinh | 67 | 7 | / |
| von Wittken | 67 | 3 | / |
| von Weissen | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Wissink | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Bain | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Wyne | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Huissen | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wichen
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