Vanaken Surname

259,625th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,514 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Vanaken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vanaken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9001:402,73235,193
Belgium5441:21,1343,268
Luxembourg441:13,1942,619
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2621:191,67416,822

Vanaken Last Name Facts

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

The last name Vanaken is found most frequently in The United States. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vanaken? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 259,625th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 4,813,439 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 54 percent of Vanaken are found; 54 percent are found in North America and 54 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 900 people, or 1 in 402,732. In The United States it is most prevalent in: New York, where 18 percent live, California, where 13 percent live and Michigan, where 12 percent live. Aside from The United States Vanaken occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 36 percent live and Luxembourg, where 3 percent live.

Vanaken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Vanaken has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Vanaken surname expanded 344 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Vanaken Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Vanaken last name are 13.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.56% registered with the political party.

The amount Vanaken earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 3.81% more than the national average, earning $44,793 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.95% more than the national average, earning $58,103 CAD per year.

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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 Vanaken
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