de Wel Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Wel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Wel 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
Belgium831:138,51419,805
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

de Wel Last Name Facts

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

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

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

de Wel is the 1,980,395th most commonly used last name internationally, held by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of de Wel live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly held in Belgium, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 138,514. In Belgium it is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 98 percent reside, Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 1 percent reside. Beside Belgium de Wel occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 2 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.

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 Wael921,103/
de Wiel9218/
de Weil9215/
de Well923/
de Welt921/
der Wel921/
de Welle8672/
der Wehl867/
de Bel83876/
de Vel83115/
de Wil83113/
da Wel831/
de Weille8029/
de Wilt77402/
de Veld77310/
de Bell77192/
de Viel775/
der Bel771/
de Wile771/
de Will770/
de Viell7132/
de Wille717/
de Bil67154/
de Vil67116/
de Byl6738/
der Veldt672/
da Bel671/
De-Bel671/
de Uil671/
de Bÿl671/
de Bijl62521/
de Bihl628/
di Bell622/
De-Wild621/
da Wile621/
De-Bell621/
der Byl621/
de Bill620/
De-Wille5722/
De-Viell5711/
der Bijl571/
da Bl551/
De-Vil5016/
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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 Wel
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