van Witteveen Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
van Witteveen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 34 | 1:496,682 | 47,398 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
van Witteveen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Witteveen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Witteveen is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Witteveen? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,141,416th most frequent family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of van Witteveen live; 90 percent live in Western Europe and 87 percent live in Germanic Europe.
van Witteveen is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 496,682. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: North Brabant, where 29 percent live, Drenthe, where 26 percent live and Gelderland, where 24 percent live. Outside of The Netherlands this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 8 percent live and France, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanwitteveen | 96 | 1 | / |
| van Wytven | 78 | 19 | / |
| van Dieven | 78 | 6 | / |
| van de Veen | 75 | 425 | / |
| van 't Veen | 75 | 143 | / |
| van Wydeven | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Deven | 73 | 90 | / |
| Vandeveen | 73 | 41 | / |
| van Uithoven | 72 | 2 | / |
| van het Veen | 72 | 2 | / |
| van de Ven | 70 | 7,914 | / |
| van Uytven | 70 | 285 | / |
| van Duiven | 70 | 155 | / |
| Van't Veen | 70 | 13 | / |
| van D Veen | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Deeven | 70 | 1 | / |
| Vandeveene | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Uijthoven | 69 | 29 | / |
| Vandeven | 67 | 1,520 | / |
| van Houtven | 67 | 651 | / |
| van de Venn | 67 | 40 | / |
| Vandiven | 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
- 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 Witteveen
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