van der Schelde Surname

1,248,410th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 185 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van der Schelde Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van der Schelde 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
Netherlands1781:94,87215,531
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Suriname11:552,6169,664

van der Schelde Last Name Facts

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

The last name van der Schelde is most common in The Netherlands. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

The last name is the 1,248,410th most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 39,392,140 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of van der Schelde reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

van der Schelde is most common in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 178 people, or 1 in 94,872. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: Zeeland, where 44 percent live, South Holland, where 34 percent live and North Brabant, where 9 percent live. Beside The Netherlands this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 2 percent live and Austria, where 1 percent live.

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
vander Schelde9733/
van de Schelde9713/
Vanderschelde9372/
van der Schilde9325/
van der Celde931/
van der Schild9024/
van de Schilde9022/
Vanderscheld893/
Vandershelde892/
van der Schilt8360/
Vanderschilt7422/
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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 Schelde
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