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.

van der Held Surname Distribution Map

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

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.

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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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  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
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