van der Schelde Surname
Approximately 185 people bear this surname
van der Schelde Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 178 | 1:94,872 | 15,531 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
van der Schelde Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Schelde Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van der Schelde has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Schelde? popularity and diffusion
The last name van der Schelde is the 1,248,410th most widespread family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 39,392,140 people. The surname van der Schelde occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of van der Schelde live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name van der Schelde is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 178 people, or 1 in 94,872. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: Zeeland, where 44 percent are found, South Holland, where 34 percent are found and North Brabant, where 9 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 2 percent are found and Austria, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| vander Schelde | 97 | 33 | / |
| van de Schelde | 97 | 13 | / |
| Vanderschelde | 93 | 72 | / |
| van der Schilde | 93 | 25 | / |
| van der Celde | 93 | 1 | / |
| van der Schild | 90 | 24 | / |
| van de Schilde | 90 | 22 | / |
| Vanderscheld | 89 | 3 | / |
| Vandershelde | 89 | 2 | / |
| van der Schilt | 83 | 60 | / |
| Vanderschilt | 74 | 22 | / |
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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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