Vanhems Surname

1,267,784th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 181 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Vanhems Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Vanhems 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
France1751:379,55856,305
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155

Vanhems Last Name Facts

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

The surname Vanhems is more frequently found in France than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Vanhems.

How Common Is The Last Name Vanhems? popularity and diffusion

The surname Vanhems is the 1,267,784th most prevalent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 40,262,685 people. The surname Vanhems is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Vanhems reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

Vanhems is most widely held in France, where it is borne by 175 people, or 1 in 379,558. In France it is most numerous in: Hauts-de-France, where 63 percent live, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 12 percent live and Île-de-France, where 10 percent live. Barring France it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 1 percent live and Belgium, 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
Vanheems9384/
Vanhemst931/
Vanheemst8852/
Vanemst8624/
Vanemje713/
Vaniens711/
Vangeens678/
Vanheinz671/
Vanhence670/
Vanettins630/
Venoms625/
Baniens570/
Banhins570/
Wanyense536/
Wanyemze531/
Vanyenze531/
Wanniyoms501/
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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 Vanhems
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