van Bell Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
van Bell Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 1:15,759,084 | 542,937 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Belle | 94 | 5,143 | / |
| van Bel | 93 | 348 | / |
| van Bael | 88 | 1,829 | / |
| van Well | 88 | 1,165 | / |
| van Buel | 88 | 238 | / |
| von Bell | 88 | 31 | / |
| Van-Bell | 88 | 2 | / |
| van Belt | 88 | 2 | / |
| van Biel | 88 | 0 | / |
| Van-Belle | 82 | 25 | / |
| van Wel | 80 | 761 | / |
| van Byl | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Buul | 75 | 907 | / |
| van Weel | 75 | 355 | / |
| van Will | 75 | 90 | / |
| van Veld | 75 | 72 | / |
| van Welt | 75 | 68 | / |
| van Velp | 75 | 64 | / |
| von Well | 75 | 49 | / |
| van Wiel | 75 | 31 | / |
| von Biel | 75 | 18 | / |
| van Bühl | 75 | 10 | / |
| Van-Bael | 75 | 8 | / |
| van Wuel | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Bijl | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Bilt | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Wael | 75 | 1 | / |
| Von-Bell | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Huel | 75 | 0 | / |
| von Belt | 75 | 0 | / |
| von Boehl | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Veldt | 71 | 1 | / |
| Van't Velt | 67 | 7 | / |
| Van't Veld | 67 | 3 | / |
| van Vyl | 67 | 2 | / |
| van Wyl | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Wil | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Bell
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis