Vecoven Surname

2,372,517th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 65 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Vecoven Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vecoven Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium391:294,78634,540
France201:3,321,136213,627
England41:13,929,515290,718
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Vecoven Last Name Facts

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

The surname Vecoven is found most frequently in Belgium. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Vecoven? popularity and diffusion

The last name Vecoven is the 2,372,517th most frequent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Vecoven reside; 91 percent reside in Western Europe and 68 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most widespread in Belgium, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 294,786. In Belgium Vecoven is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 36 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 33 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 31 percent are found. Outside of Belgium this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in France, where 31 percent are found and England, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Veckhoven883/
Vekoven861/
Vescovin802/
Beckoven801/
Vockoven801/
Veekhoven7543/
Beckhoven7537/
Vescovine756/
Vysoven71599/
Visoven7111/
Bekhoven6730/
Viscovin674/
Vejhaven671/

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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 Vecoven
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