van der Held Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van der Held Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van der Held Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands251:675,48754,943
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

van der Held Last Name Facts

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

The last name van der Held occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name van der Held? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,373,373rd most common surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. van der Held occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of van der Held live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.

van der Held is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 675,487. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: Gelderland, where 32 percent reside, Drenthe, where 24 percent reside and Utrecht, where 20 percent reside. Barring The Netherlands this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 24 percent reside and New Zealand, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van der Hel96334/
van der Geld92604/
van der Heul92401/
van der Hell9217/
van der Hiel9212/
van der Heel928/
van de Hel9190/
van der El9133/
van der Hil87167/
van de Geld873/
van der Holt8374/
van der Hilt8314/
van der Gelt836/
van der Hill830/
von der Helle801/
van de Yssel7512/
van der Isle756/
Van-De-Hel731/
van de Isle704/
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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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