van Winsen Surname

475,771st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 703 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Winsen Surname Definition:

From place name in Friesland (Winsum).

van Winsen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands6011:28,0984,604
South Africa451:1,203,94968,637
Australia321:843,61652,533
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Swaziland41:324,550996
France21:33,211,361423,184
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

van Winsen Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From place name in Friesland (Winsum).

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

van Winsen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name van Winsen Come From? nationality or country of origin

van Winsen is most common in The Netherlands. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name van Winsen? popularity and diffusion

The surname van Winsen is the 475,771st most commonly used surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 10,366,353 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 87 percent of van Winsen reside; 87 percent reside in Western Europe and 87 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 601 people, or 1 in 28,098. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: South Holland, where 38 percent live, Gelderland, where 15 percent live and North Holland, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account The Netherlands this surname is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 6 percent live and Australia, where 5 percent live.

van Winsen Last Name Statistics demography

van Winsen earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 6.05% less than the national average, earning R 223,260 per year.

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