van der Held Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
van der Held Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 25 | 1:675,487 | 54,943 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
van der Held Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Held Come From? nationality or country of origin
van der Held is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Held? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,373,373rd most common surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname van der Held is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of van der Held are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 675,487. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: Gelderland, where 32 percent are found, Drenthe, where 24 percent are found and Utrecht, where 20 percent are found. Barring The Netherlands this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 24 percent are found and New Zealand, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van der Hel | 96 | 334 | / |
| van der Geld | 92 | 604 | / |
| van der Heul | 92 | 401 | / |
| van der Hell | 92 | 17 | / |
| van der Hiel | 92 | 12 | / |
| van der Heel | 92 | 8 | / |
| van de Hel | 91 | 90 | / |
| van der El | 91 | 33 | / |
| van der Hil | 87 | 167 | / |
| van de Geld | 87 | 3 | / |
| van der Holt | 83 | 74 | / |
| van der Hilt | 83 | 14 | / |
| van der Gelt | 83 | 6 | / |
| van der Hill | 83 | 0 | / |
| von der Helle | 80 | 1 | / |
| van de Yssel | 75 | 12 | / |
| van der Isle | 75 | 6 | / |
| Van-De-Hel | 73 | 1 | / |
| van de Isle | 70 | 4 | / |
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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 der Held
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