Vanhede Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Vanhede Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vanhede Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium411:280,40633,354
France81:8,302,840321,660
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Vanhede Last Name Facts

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

The surname Vanhede is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vanhede? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,746,821st most widely held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Vanhede live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 64 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

Vanhede is most widely held in Belgium, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 280,406. In Belgium Vanhede is most numerous in: Walloon Region, where 59 percent are found and Flemish Region, where 41 percent are found. Outside of Belgium this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in France, where 16 percent are found and India, where 2 percent are found.

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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 Vanhede
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