van der Muelen Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van der Muelen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van der Muelen 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
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

van der Muelen Last Name Facts

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

The surname van der Muelen is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

van der Muelen is the 7,593,402nd most widely held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of van der Muelen live; 50 percent live in Western Europe and 50 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 5,629,059. In The Netherlands van der Muelen is mostly concentrated in: Gelderland, where 33 percent reside, North Holland, where 33 percent reside and Utrecht, where 33 percent reside. Apart from The Netherlands this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 33 percent reside and England, where 17 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 Muehlen971/
van der Mulen964/
van der Meulen9312,960/
van der Maelen93276/
van der Mullen9381/
van der Muilen938/
van der Muhlen936/
van der Moulen934/
van der Maulen931/
van der Meullen907/
van der Meuleen901/
van de Meulen8914/
van de Maelen891/
van de Meullen861/
von der Mühlen797/
Van-Der-Meulen792/
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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 der Muelen
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