van Zaanen Surname
Approximately 480 people bear this surname
van Zaanen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 469 | 1:36,007 | 6,048 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Zaanen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Zaanen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Zaanen is found most in The Netherlands. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of van Zaanen click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Zaanen? popularity and diffusion
van Zaanen is the 635,252nd most common family name in the world, held by around 1 in 15,182,387 people. van Zaanen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of van Zaanen reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 469 people, or 1 in 36,007. In The Netherlands van Zaanen is primarily found in: South Holland, where 38 percent reside, North Holland, where 37 percent reside and Gelderland, where 8 percent reside. Other than The Netherlands this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 1 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Zanen | 95 | 427 | / |
| van Saanen | 90 | 45 | / |
| van Sanen | 84 | 8 | / |
| van Zoonen | 80 | 139 | / |
| van Sannen | 80 | 6 | / |
| van Sonnen | 70 | 23 | / |
| von Söhnen | 60 | 9 | / |
| von Sohnen | 60 | 8 | / |
| von Soehnen | 57 | 4 | / |
| von Sanoen | 50 | 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
- 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 Zaanen
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