van Wiggen Surname
Approximately 349 people bear this surname
van Wiggen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 316 | 1:53,440 | 9,173 |
| Switzerland | 29 | 1:283,204 | 22,806 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
van Wiggen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Wiggen Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Wiggen occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Wiggen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 802,733rd most commonly held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,881,220 people. The last name van Wiggen is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of van Wiggen reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 91 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 316 people, or 1 in 53,440. In The Netherlands van Wiggen is most numerous in: Utrecht, where 44 percent reside, Gelderland, where 17 percent reside and North Holland, where 15 percent reside. Barring The Netherlands this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 8 percent reside and Belgium, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Wiegen | 90 | 1 | / |
| van Wien | 89 | 47 | / |
| van Wegen | 84 | 662 | / |
| van Wisen | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Viegen | 80 | 652 | / |
| van Wichen | 80 | 323 | / |
| van Weijen | 80 | 176 | / |
| van Weegen | 80 | 74 | / |
| von Wiegen | 80 | 12 | / |
| van Wyen | 78 | 12 | / |
| van Wijn | 78 | 4 | / |
| van Vien | 78 | 2 | / |
| von Wien | 78 | 0 | / |
| van Wijchen | 76 | 111 | / |
| van Wiechen | 76 | 93 | / |
| van Waaijen | 76 | 55 | / |
| van Weijjen | 76 | 5 | / |
| van Waijjen | 76 | 1 | / |
| van Uijen | 74 | 45 | / |
| von Weien | 74 | 3 | / |
| van Weyen | 74 | 2 | / |
| van Begen | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Wegin | 74 | 0 | / |
| van Bowen | 74 | 0 | / |
| van Huizen | 70 | 1,543 | / |
| van Wychen | 70 | 56 | / |
| van Buizen | 70 | 26 | / |
| Van Huisen | 70 | 25 | / |
| Van-Viegen | 70 | 3 | / |
| von Wiesen | 70 | 2 | / |
| van Wichem | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Wayjen | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Veen | 67 | 16,870 | / |
| van Baaijen | 67 | 87 | / |
| van Vierzen | 67 | 79 | / |
| van Huijzen | 67 | 24 | / |
| von Weissen | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Bain | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Wuerzen | 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 Wiggen
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