van Witsen Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
van Witsen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 53 | 1:318,626 | 37,214 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
van Witsen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Witsen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Witsen occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Witsen? popularity and diffusion
van Witsen is the 2,352,516th most widespread surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 80 percent of van Witsen live; 80 percent live in Western Europe and 80 percent live in Germanic Europe.
van Witsen is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 318,626. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: Zeeland, where 25 percent live, North Holland, where 23 percent live and South Holland, where 21 percent live. Barring The Netherlands this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 14 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Wisen | 95 | 1 | / |
| van Wissen | 90 | 1,131 | / |
| van Wichen | 80 | 323 | / |
| van Wissem | 80 | 65 | / |
| Van Huisen | 80 | 25 | / |
| van Wessen | 80 | 7 | / |
| Van-Wissen | 80 | 2 | / |
| van Bissen | 80 | 2 | / |
| von Wiesen | 80 | 2 | / |
| van Wijchen | 76 | 111 | / |
| van Wissing | 76 | 71 | / |
| van Buijsen | 76 | 22 | / |
| von Weissen | 76 | 1 | / |
| van Wissink | 76 | 1 | / |
| van Huissen | 76 | 1 | / |
| van Uesen | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Wyson | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Weitzing | 73 | 0 | / |
| van Huizen | 70 | 1,543 | / |
| van Besien | 70 | 268 | / |
| van Wessem | 70 | 207 | / |
| van Wychen | 70 | 56 | / |
| van Bessen | 70 | 31 | / |
| van Buizen | 70 | 26 | / |
| van Beesen | 70 | 23 | / |
| van Vessen | 70 | 14 | / |
| van Wichem | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Buysen | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Weeson | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Huesen | 70 | 0 | / |
| van Vetchen | 67 | 0 | / |
| van Wetzing | 67 | 0 | / |
| van Besin | 63 | 1 | / |
| van Vessem | 60 | 842 | / |
| van Wechem | 60 | 102 | / |
| Van-Huizen | 60 | 7 | / |
| von Bétzen | 60 | 2 | / |
| von Beetzen | 57 | 24 | / |
| von Bechen | 50 | 6 | / |
| Von Vessem | 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 Witsen
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