van den Engel Surname

490,615th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 675 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van den Engel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van den Engel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands5231:32,2895,368
Australia1081:249,96023,064
New Zealand271:167,71618,432
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
England31:18,572,686338,250
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van den Engel Last Name Facts

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

The surname van den Engel is found most in The Netherlands. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name van den Engel? popularity and diffusion

The last name van den Engel is the 490,615th most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 10,796,364 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of van den Engel reside; 79 percent reside in Western Europe and 79 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 523 people, or 1 in 32,289. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: South Holland, where 49 percent live, Utrecht, where 22 percent live and North Holland, where 12 percent live. Beside The Netherlands this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 16 percent live and New Zealand, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van den Hengel96848/
van den Nagel9230/
van den Winkel8148/
van den Winckel79104/
Vandenwinkel721/
Vandenwinckel691/

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to van den Engel
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