van de Vel Surname

504,389th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 651 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van de Vel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van de Vel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium6331:18,1622,777
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

van de Vel Last Name Facts

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

The surname van de Vel is found in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name van de Vel? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 504,389th most frequently held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 11,194,387 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of van de Vel reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly held in Belgium, where it is borne by 633 people, or 1 in 18,162. In Belgium van de Vel is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 100 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 0 percent are found. Outside of Belgium van de Vel is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 2 percent are found and Germany, where 0 percent are found.

van de Vel Last Name Statistics demography

van de Vel earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 81.91% less than the national average, earning R 42,996 per year.

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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 de Vel
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