Vanderwegen Surname

547,713th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 584 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Vanderwegen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vanderwegen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium4501:25,5484,053
United States721:5,034,152256,679
Brazil281:7,645,512174,288
France191:3,495,933219,029
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Vanderwegen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Vanderwegen occurs most in Belgium. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Vanderwegen.

How Common Is The Last Name Vanderwegen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 547,713th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 12,478,675 people. The surname Vanderwegen is primarily found in Europe, where 81 percent of Vanderwegen are found; 81 percent are found in Western Europe and 69 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Vanderwegen is most frequent in Belgium, where it is carried by 450 people, or 1 in 25,548. In Belgium Vanderwegen is most common in: Flemish Region, where 89 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 10 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent are found. Other than Belgium Vanderwegen is found in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 12 percent are found and Brazil, where 5 percent are found.

Vanderwegen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Vanderwegen has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 7,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Vanderwegen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Vanderwegen surname are 34.48% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 81.25% registered with the party.

Vanderwegen earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.5% less than the national average, earning $36,891 USD 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 Vanderwegen
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