van Woersem Surname

2,414,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 63 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Woersem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Woersem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands551:307,04036,360
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692

van Woersem Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Woersem is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

The last name is the 2,414,640th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of van Woersem reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 307,040. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: Utrecht, where 45 percent are found, North Holland, where 22 percent are found and South Holland, where 20 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Belgium, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Rossem762,083/
van Rassem760/
van Haersma7356/
van Reesema7339/
van Ressema735/
Vanrossem70112/
van Rosum702/
van Rosom701/
Vanrassem700/
van Rossum677,466/
van Rossom67184/
Vanreesema6722/
van Russum673/

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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 Woersem
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