van Cappellen Surname
Approximately 864 people bear this surname
van Cappellen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 420 | 1:27,373 | 4,366 |
| Netherlands | 352 | 1:47,975 | 8,202 |
| France | 73 | 1:909,900 | 105,096 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
van Cappellen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Cappellen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Cappellen is more commonly found in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Cappellen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 405,451st most frequently used surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 8,434,660 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of van Cappellen are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 83 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
van Cappellen is most widely held in Belgium, where it is carried by 420 people, or 1 in 27,373. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 85 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 13 percent live and Walloon Region, where 2 percent live. Beside Belgium this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 41 percent live and France, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Capellen | 96 | 55 | / |
| Vancappellen | 96 | 30 | / |
| van Cappelen | 96 | 5 | / |
| Van-Cappellen | 92 | 1 | / |
| von Cappelen | 88 | 33 | / |
| von Cappeln | 83 | 22 | / |
| van Keppelen | 80 | 16 | / |
| Voncappeln | 78 | 6 | / |
| van Keppeln | 75 | 5 | / |
| van Kaplan | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Eijk-Peelen | 64 | 1 | / |
| van Coblijn | 58 | 81 | / |
| Vanugopalan | 50 | 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
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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 Cappellen
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