van Cools Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Cools Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Cools Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799

van Cools Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Cools is held by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

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

van Cools is the 6,723,624th most widely held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 50 percent of van Cools live; 50 percent live in Southeast Asia and 50 percent live in Tai-Asia.

The surname van Cools is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 2,874,161. In Belgium it is primarily found in: Walloon Region, where 75 percent live and Flemish Region, where 25 percent live. Besides Belgium this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Thailand, where 50 percent live.

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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 Cools
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