van Zwamen Surname

2,121,169th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 79 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Zwamen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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van Zwamen 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
Netherlands671:252,04732,252
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295

van Zwamen Last Name Facts

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

van Zwamen is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

This surname is the 2,121,169th most widespread last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of van Zwamen live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 67 people, or 1 in 252,047. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: Limburg, where 75 percent live, Gelderland, where 12 percent live and North Brabant, where 12 percent live. Apart from The Netherlands this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 14 percent live and Latvia, where 1 percent live.

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
Vanzwamen951/
van Swamen903/
van Schwamen825/
van Schwaamen781/

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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 Zwamen
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