van Wouwe Surname
Approximately 514 people bear this surname
van Wouwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 308 | 1:37,327 | 6,097 |
| Netherlands | 195 | 1:86,601 | 14,364 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Wouwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Wouwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Wouwe is more frequently found in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Wouwe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 603,653rd most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 14,178,105 people. The last name van Wouwe occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of van Wouwe are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is borne by 308 people, or 1 in 37,327. In Belgium it is most common in: Flemish Region, where 97 percent reside, Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Belgium van Wouwe occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 38 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Wouwe
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis