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Where in Antwerp are Middle Eastern names?

16.3% of classified records in Antwerp are assigned to the Middle Eastern category. That makes it the 2nd largest of 8 non-local categories in the city. 10 neighbourhoods have published Middle Eastern shares. The combined share in covered Belgium cities is 12.5%. Based on IndoEuroMap data, not census data.

Content updated · By Bernat Sampera

Borsbeek: 14.3%Berchem: 12.1%Wilrijk: 5.4%Hoboken: 23.5%Deurne: 25.8%Borgerhout: 31.4%Antwerpen: 12.1%Ekeren: 4.4%Merksem: 28.1%Berendrecht-Zandvliet-Lillo: 3.3%0%15%+no data or suppressed
IndoEuroMap data. A category percentage is its share of retained classified source records. It is not a percentage of residents. Method: how IndoEuroMap classifies records.
Antwerp: 28,749 classified records in 10 neighbourhoods. 10 neighbourhoods have a published share for this category. The table ranks them by that share.
NeighbourhoodMiddle Eastern shareMiddle Eastern recordsClassified records
Borgerhout 31.4% 1,250 3,980
Merksem 28.1% 459 1,636
Deurne 25.8% 548 2,123
Hoboken 23.5% 327 1,393
Borsbeek 14.3% 241 1,684
Antwerpen 12.1% 1,314 10,882
Berchem 12.1% 403 3,344
Wilrijk 5.4% 63 1,169
Ekeren 4.4% 32 728
Berendrecht-Zandvliet-Lillo 3.3% 59 1,810

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