van Wolven Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
van Wolven Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 118 | 1:143,112 | 21,745 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
van Wolven Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Wolven Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Wolven occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van Wolven? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,604,449th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 57,837,666 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of van Wolven are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 118 people, or 1 in 143,112. In The Netherlands it is most common in: Gelderland, where 53 percent are found, North Brabant, where 36 percent are found and South Holland, where 7 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 6 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Wolven
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