de Held Surname

1,140,742nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 211 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Held Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Held 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
Netherlands1311:128,91020,052
Brazil721:2,973,25587,092
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

de Held Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Held is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

This last name is the 1,140,742nd most widely held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 34,538,132 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 63 percent of de Held are found; 63 percent are found in Western Europe and 63 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 131 people, or 1 in 128,910. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: South Holland, where 66 percent live, North Brabant, where 12 percent live and North Holland, where 11 percent live. Beside The Netherlands it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 34 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

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de Heijl801/
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di Chele6713/
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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 Held
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