van Wigcheren Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
van Wigcheren Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 71 | 1:237,848 | 31,022 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
van Wigcheren Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Wigcheren Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Wigcheren is found most in The Netherlands. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Wigcheren? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,237,939th most frequent surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of van Wigcheren are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname van Wigcheren is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 71 people, or 1 in 237,848. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: Friesland, where 42 percent live, North Holland, where 34 percent live and South Holland, where 23 percent live. Not including The Netherlands it is found in one country. It is also common in Switzerland, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Wicheren | 96 | 1 | / |
| van Wigcherem | 92 | 1 | / |
| van Wickeren | 88 | 178 | / |
| van Wickern | 83 | 42 | / |
| van Kekeren | 67 | 20 | / |
| van Cochran | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Wekering | 64 | 1 | / |
| van Hecke-Green | 64 | 1 | / |
| Vanijkachorn | 64 | 1 | / |
| Vancochran | 61 | 2 | / |
| van Wykcorne | 56 | 1 | / |
| Phingcahroen | 56 | 1 | / |
| Vanhoucke-Caron | 50 | 1 | / |
| Phuangkharn | 50 | 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 Wigcheren
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