Vertonghen Surname

1,168,344th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 204 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Vertonghen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Vertonghen 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
Belgium2011:57,1979,269
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382

Vertonghen Last Name Facts

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

Vertonghen occurs more in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Vertonghen? popularity and diffusion

The last name Vertonghen is the 1,168,344th most commonly used family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 35,723,264 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Vertonghen reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 86 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Belgium, where it is borne by 201 people, or 1 in 57,197. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 87 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 6 percent live and Walloon Region, where 6 percent live. Excluding Belgium it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 0 percent live and Colombia, where 0 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
Vertongen951,755/
Verthongen9022/
Vertogen8975/
Vertongem840/
Veretyonkin6743/
Virtangn671/
Bertognh671/
Berthagen6340/
Bertangin631/
Wrethagen5317/

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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 Vertonghen
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