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
The surname van Wiggen occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of van Wiggen click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Wiggen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 802,733rd most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 20,881,220 people. The last name van Wiggen occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of van Wiggen are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 91 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
van Wiggen is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 316 people, or 1 in 53,440. In The Netherlands van Wiggen is mostly concentrated in: Utrecht, where 44 percent reside, Gelderland, where 17 percent reside and North Holland, where 15 percent reside. Without taking into account The Netherlands this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs 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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