van Ceylon Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
van Ceylon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 15 | 1:1,125,812 | 68,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Ceylon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Ceylon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Ceylon is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Ceylon? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,908,606th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname van Ceylon occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of van Ceylon are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 94 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname van Ceylon is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 1,125,812. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: Limburg, where 100 percent reside. Other than The Netherlands this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Calhoun | 76 | 1 | / |
| van Zeland | 70 | 27 | / |
| van Zeelan | 70 | 2 | / |
| van Zeeland | 67 | 1,203 | / |
| van Zeelandt | 64 | 32 | / |
| van Callandt | 64 | 7 | / |
| van Kilian | 60 | 2 | / |
| van Qualan | 60 | 0 | / |
| van Sielam | 60 | 0 | / |
| van Salgan | 60 | 0 | / |
| van Sallandt | 55 | 2 | / |
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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 Ceylon
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