van Woerkum Surname
Approximately 218 people bear this surname
van Woerkum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 214 | 1:78,912 | 13,294 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
van Woerkum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Woerkum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Woerkum is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van Woerkum? popularity and diffusion
The last name van Woerkum is the 1,115,011th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 33,429,110 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of van Woerkum are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 214 people, or 1 in 78,912. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: North Brabant, where 66 percent are found, Gelderland, where 12 percent are found and South Holland, where 10 percent are found. Other than The Netherlands it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 0 percent are found and Germany, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Workum | 95 | 572 | / |
| van Werkum | 95 | 64 | / |
| van Woerkom | 91 | 1,531 | / |
| van Woerkun | 91 | 1 | / |
| van Workhum | 91 | 1 | / |
| van Worcum | 86 | 25 | / |
| van Verkum | 86 | 1 | / |
| van Woercom | 82 | 3 | / |
| van Woerkon | 82 | 2 | / |
| van Burkum | 76 | 20 | / |
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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 Woerkum
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