van Wouden Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Wouden Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van Wouden Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands121:1,407,26575,423
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

van Wouden Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Wouden is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

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

This last name is the 4,772,636th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of van Wouden live; 76 percent live in Western Europe and 76 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most common in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 1,407,265. In The Netherlands van Wouden is most frequent in: North Brabant, where 83 percent reside, Gelderland, where 8 percent reside and North Holland, where 8 percent reside. Aside from The Netherlands this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 12 percent reside and Belgium, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Boden841/
van Weiden8025/
van Booden8012/
van Wahden807/
van Waaden801/
van Weijden769/
van Baden74108/
von Boden740/
von Waaden7017/
van Baaden7017/
von Weiden700/
von Baden637/
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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 Wouden
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