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 most in The Netherlands. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Witsen? popularity and diffusion
The surname van Witsen is the 2,352,516th most commonly held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 80 percent of van Witsen are found; 80 percent are found in Western Europe and 80 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 53 people, or 1 in 318,626. In The Netherlands van Witsen is most frequent in: Zeeland, where 25 percent reside, North Holland, where 23 percent reside and South Holland, where 21 percent reside. Outside of The Netherlands this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 14 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.
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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