de Bel Surname

401,066th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 876 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Bel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Bel 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
Belgium5571:20,6403,188
Netherlands2631:64,21011,034
France151:4,428,181244,602
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
England21:27,859,030389,889
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Suriname11:552,6169,664
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de Bel Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Bel is more frequently found in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of de Bel.

How Common Is The Last Name de Bel? popularity and diffusion

de Bel is the 401,066th most commonly used surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,319,116 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of de Bel reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 86 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most widely held in Belgium, where it is carried by 557 people, or 1 in 20,640. In Belgium de Bel is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 88 percent live, Walloon Region, where 10 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Belgium this last name is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 30 percent live and France, where 2 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
de Beul92524/
de Boel92424/
de Bell92192/
de Buel9214/
der Bel921/
de Belt921/
de Biel921/
de Bael921/
de Belle8683/
de Beeld8668/
de Buell862/
de Bil83154/
de Vel83115/
de Wel8389/
de Byl8338/
de Bÿl831/
de Ble831/
De-Bel831/
da Bel831/
de Wael771,103/
de Bijl77521/
de Veld77310/
de Bilt7719/
de Wiel7718/
de Bihl778/
de Viel775/
de Bhil773/
de Well773/
di Bell772/
de Buil771/
der Byl771/
De-Bell771/
de Welt771/
der Wel771/
de Bill770/
da Bl731/
de Bildt7165/
de Viell7132/
di Belle7121/
der Wehl717/
de Bille715/
der Bijl711/
da Belle711/
de Vil67116/
de Wil67113/
der Veldt672/
de Uil671/
da Wel671/
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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 de Bel
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