van Bel Surname

804,502nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 348 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Bel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Bel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium2101:54,7468,892
Netherlands1241:136,18720,959
England31:18,572,686338,250
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

van Bel Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Bel is found most in Belgium. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

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

This last name is the 804,502nd most frequently used surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 20,941,224 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of van Bel are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 93 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most numerous in Belgium, where it is borne by 210 people, or 1 in 54,746. In Belgium it is primarily found in: Flemish Region, where 93 percent reside, Brussels Capital Region, where 4 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 2 percent reside. Not including Belgium van Bel exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 36 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

van Bel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of van Bel has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Bael931,829/
van Buel93238/
van Bell9326/
van Belt932/
van Biel930/
van Belle885,143/
van Wel86761/
van Byl860/
van Well801,165/
van Buul80907/
van Weel80355/
van Veld8072/
van Welt8068/
van Velp8064/
von Bell8031/
van Wiel8031/
von Biel8018/
van Bühl8010/
Van-Bael808/
Van-Bell802/
van Bilt801/
van Bijl801/
van Wuel801/
van Wael801/
von Belt800/
van Huel800/
Van-Belle7525/
van Veldt751/
von Boehl751/
Van't Velt717/
Van't Veld713/
van Vyl712/
van Wyl711/
van Wil710/
van Will6790/
von Well6749/
Van-Velp675/
von Böhl673/
von Bihl671/
Von-Bell671/
van Vlet670/

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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 van Bel
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