Herroelen Surname

1,581,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 129 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Herroelen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Herroelen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1281:89,81813,955
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Herroelen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Herroelen is found most in Belgium. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Herroelen.

How Common Is The Last Name Herroelen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,581,912th most common last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 56,492,604 people. The last name Herroelen is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Herroelen live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Herroelen is most commonly occurring in Belgium, where it is held by 128 people, or 1 in 89,818. In Belgium Herroelen is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 96 percent reside, Brussels Capital Region, where 3 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Belgium this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Norway, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Erroelen944/
Erohelen821/
Herolien821/
Erolen808/
Erolien7510/
Heralen755/
Errolyn755/
Herelyn751/
Iroelen751/
Harolen751/
Herelin751/
Horelen750/
Harelen750/
Heyrolin7122/
Horelien719/
Erraleen711/
Herralin711/
Heraelin710/
Erolin67491/
Irelen6781/
Erelin6711/
Erolyn673/
Orolen673/
Arelen672/
Orelen672/
Arolen671/

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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
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  • 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 Herroelen
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