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 in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of van Capellen click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Capellen? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,605,694th most commonly used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. van Capellen occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of van Capellen live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most widespread in Belgium, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 328,476. In Belgium it is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 89 percent reside, Brussels Capital Region, where 6 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Belgium this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 33 percent reside and Greece, where 4 percent reside.
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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