van Wiek Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
van Wiek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
van Wiek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Wiek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Wiek is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van Wiek? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,532,898th most frequently held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. van Wiek is primarily found in Europe, where 63 percent of van Wiek are found; 63 percent are found in Western Europe and 63 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 1,407,265. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: Groningen, where 92 percent are found and Drenthe, where 8 percent are found. Barring The Netherlands this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 32 percent are found and Thailand, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Wijek | 94 | 0 | / |
| van Wik | 93 | 3 | / |
| van Wek | 93 | 0 | / |
| van Wijk | 88 | 16,626 | / |
| van Wick | 88 | 16 | / |
| van Weik | 88 | 6 | / |
| van Wiyk | 88 | 5 | / |
| van Wihk | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Wejk | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Wisk | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Wike | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Week | 88 | 0 | / |
| van Wijck | 82 | 768 | / |
| van Weyck | 82 | 22 | / |
| van Vieck | 82 | 2 | / |
| van Weeks | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Wijke | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Wicks | 82 | 0 | / |
| van Weick | 82 | 0 | / |
| van Wicke | 82 | 0 | / |
| van Wyk | 80 | 125,074 | / |
| van Wig | 80 | 19 | / |
| van Bek | 80 | 2 | / |
| van Wic | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Wyck | 75 | 335 | / |
| van Huik | 75 | 83 | / |
| van Beck | 75 | 75 | / |
| van Wyke | 75 | 37 | / |
| van Vaek | 75 | 34 | / |
| van Beik | 75 | 31 | / |
| van Waeg | 75 | 24 | / |
| von Wick | 75 | 16 | / |
| van Bick | 75 | 8 | / |
| Van-Wijk | 75 | 4 | / |
| van Vike | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Wyks | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Wayk | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Beak | 75 | 1 | / |
| von Wijk | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Vick | 75 | 0 | / |
| van Veek | 75 | 0 | / |
| van Vaeck | 71 | 160 | / |
| van Wycke | 71 | 7 | / |
| van Beeek | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Huijk | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Vaick | 71 | 0 | / |
| van Weigh | 71 | 0 | / |
| Van-Wyk | 67 | 120 | / |
| von Wittke | 67 | 7 | / |
| von Wyk | 67 | 2 | / |
| van Vyk | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Houeke | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Vic | 67 | 1 | / |
| von Bek | 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
- 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 Wiek
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis