Vanmessem Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Vanmessem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vanmessem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium151:766,44363,354
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Vanmessem Last Name Facts

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

The surname Vanmessem is found most in Belgium. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Vanmessem click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vanmessem? popularity and diffusion

Vanmessem is the 4,772,636th most commonly held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. Vanmessem occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Vanmessem live; 88 percent live in Western Europe and 65 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Belgium, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 766,443. In Belgium it is mostly concentrated in: Walloon Region, where 73 percent reside and Flemish Region, where 27 percent reside. Beside Belgium Vanmessem exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 12 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vanmessom8925/
Vanmessen8912/
Vanmeesen785/
Vanmene751/
Vanmuysen67295/
Vanmetten672/
Wanmene63210/
Vanmuijsen6312/
Vonmosshaim605/
Wanmegne5930/
Vanmuyzen562/
Vanminh5018/
Wanmine501/
Vonmein501/

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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 Vanmessem
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