van Capellen Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
van Capellen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 35 | 1:328,476 | 37,084 |
| Netherlands | 18 | 1:938,176 | 63,634 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
van Capellen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Capellen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Capellen is found most in Belgium. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Capellen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,605,694th most frequent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. van Capellen is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of van Capellen reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 89 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most commonly held in Belgium, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 328,476. In Belgium van Capellen is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 89 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 6 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 6 percent are found. Not including Belgium it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 33 percent are found and Greece, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Cappellen | 96 | 864 | / |
| Vancappellen | 92 | 30 | / |
| van Cappelen | 92 | 5 | / |
| Van-Cappellen | 88 | 1 | / |
| von Cappelen | 83 | 33 | / |
| von Cappeln | 78 | 22 | / |
| van Keppelen | 75 | 16 | / |
| Voncappeln | 73 | 6 | / |
| van Kaplan | 73 | 1 | / |
| van Keppeln | 70 | 5 | / |
| van Eijk-Peelen | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Coblijn | 61 | 81 | / |
| Vanugopalan | 52 | 1 | / |
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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 Capellen
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