van Workum Surname
Approximately 572 people bear this surname
van Workum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 503 | 1:33,573 | 5,604 |
| New Zealand | 29 | 1:156,149 | 17,650 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
van Workum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Workum Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Workum is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Workum? popularity and diffusion
The last name van Workum is the 556,360th most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 12,740,465 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 89 percent of van Workum are found; 88 percent are found in Western Europe and 88 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 503 people, or 1 in 33,573. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: Gelderland, where 42 percent live, South Holland, where 23 percent live and North Brabant, where 9 percent live. Outside of The Netherlands it is found in 10 countries. It is also found in New Zealand, where 5 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Woerkum | 95 | 218 | / |
| Vanworkum | 95 | 37 | / |
| van Workhum | 95 | 1 | / |
| van Werkum | 90 | 64 | / |
| van Worcum | 90 | 25 | / |
| van Borkum | 90 | 17 | / |
| van Workun | 90 | 2 | / |
| van Woerkom | 86 | 1,531 | / |
| van Worekom | 86 | 1 | / |
| van Woerkam | 86 | 1 | / |
| van Rekum | 84 | 197 | / |
| Vanwerkum | 84 | 5 | / |
| Vanworkom | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Woerekom | 82 | 31 | / |
| Vanwoerkom | 80 | 246 | / |
| van Reekum | 80 | 191 | / |
| van Burkum | 80 | 20 | / |
| Vanweorkom | 80 | 2 | / |
| Vanwoerkam | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vanworekom | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vanwoerkem | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Verkum | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Woercom | 76 | 3 | / |
| van Recum | 74 | 33 | / |
| Vanreekum | 74 | 14 | / |
| van Erkom | 74 | 6 | / |
| Viana Orquem | 73 | 1 | / |
| van Reckem | 70 | 76 | / |
| van Erckem | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Warcom | 70 | 0 | / |
| van Raukema | 67 | 7 | / |
| van Roukema | 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
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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 Workum
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