van Wilgen Surname
Approximately 397 people bear this surname
van Wilgen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 348 | 1:48,526 | 8,308 |
| South Africa | 24 | 1:2,257,404 | 96,432 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
van Wilgen Demographics
Average van Wilgen Salary in
South Africa
R 318,648
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
van Wilgen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Wilgen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Wilgen is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van Wilgen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 730,373rd most widespread last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 18,356,539 people. The last name van Wilgen is primarily found in Europe, where 88 percent of van Wilgen reside; 88 percent reside in Western Europe and 88 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 348 people, or 1 in 48,526. In The Netherlands van Wilgen is mostly concentrated in: South Holland, where 49 percent live, North Holland, where 11 percent live and Gelderland, where 10 percent live. Beside The Netherlands this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 6 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
van Wilgen Last Name Statistics demography
van Wilgen earn significantly more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 34.09% more than the national average, earning R 318,648 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Wilsen | 90 | 2 | / |
| Van-Wilgen | 90 | 1 | / |
| van Willengen | 87 | 11 | / |
| van Willingen | 87 | 9 | / |
| van Weilzen | 86 | 1 | / |
| van Bilsen | 80 | 630 | / |
| van Welzen | 80 | 284 | / |
| van Wilsem | 80 | 129 | / |
| van Bilzen | 80 | 72 | / |
| van Welsen | 80 | 43 | / |
| von Wittlen | 76 | 1 | / |
| van Velzen | 70 | 6,311 | / |
| van Belzen | 70 | 1,371 | / |
| van Velsen | 70 | 1,228 | / |
| van Welsem | 70 | 108 | / |
| van Belsen | 70 | 25 | / |
| van Uelsen | 70 | 8 | / |
| van Vlezen | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Huelsen | 67 | 1 | / |
| von Velsen | 60 | 5 | / |
| Van-Belzen | 60 | 4 | / |
| Van-Velsen | 60 | 3 | / |
| Van-Velzen | 60 | 2 | / |
| von Vlesen | 60 | 1 | / |
| van Velsem | 60 | 1 | / |
| van Velzin | 60 | 1 | / |
| von Huelsen | 57 | 19 | / |
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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 Wilgen
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