van Bell Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

van Bell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Bell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:15,759,084542,937
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

van Bell Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Bell occurs most in The United States. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

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

The surname van Bell is the 3,882,373rd most numerous last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 96 percent of van Bell live; 92 percent live in North America and 88 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname van Bell is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 15,759,084. In The United States van Bell is most common in: New York, where 61 percent live, Iowa, where 9 percent live and California, where 4 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 4 percent live and Canada, where 4 percent live.

van Bell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of van Bell has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the van Bell surname rose 144 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Belle945,143/
van Bel93348/
van Bael881,829/
van Well881,165/
van Buel88238/
von Bell8831/
Van-Bell882/
van Belt882/
van Biel880/
Van-Belle8225/
van Wel80761/
van Byl800/
van Buul75907/
van Weel75355/
van Will7590/
van Veld7572/
van Welt7568/
van Velp7564/
von Well7549/
van Wiel7531/
von Biel7518/
van Bühl7510/
Van-Bael758/
van Wuel751/
van Bijl751/
van Bilt751/
van Wael751/
Von-Bell751/
van Huel750/
von Belt750/
von Boehl711/
van Veldt711/
Van't Velt677/
Van't Veld673/
van Vyl672/
van Wyl671/
van Wil670/

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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 van Bell
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