van Capel Surname

1,244,200th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 186 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Capel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van Capel 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
Netherlands1611:104,88916,937
Chile111:1,601,49826,155
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686

van Capel Last Name Facts

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

van Capel has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

The last name van Capel is the 1,244,200th most frequently occurring surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 39,180,354 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 91 percent of van Capel live; 87 percent live in Western Europe and 87 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 161 people, or 1 in 104,889. In The Netherlands van Capel is most numerous in: South Holland, where 68 percent are found, Gelderland, where 12 percent are found and North Holland, where 11 percent are found. Beside The Netherlands this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Chile, where 6 percent are found and Denmark, where 4 percent are found.

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
van Caspel95251/
van Cappel95117/
van Caspell901/
van Kapel89234/
van Kappel84150/
van Keppel74123/
van Zeipel741/
Van-Kappel741/
van Koppel741/
von Zeipel6393/
von Keppel631/
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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 Capel
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