van der Sel Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
van der Sel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 45 | 1:375,271 | 40,838 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
van der Sel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Sel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van der Sel has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Sel? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,843,861st most commonly held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of van der Sel are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
van der Sel is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 375,271. In The Netherlands van der Sel is primarily found in: North Holland, where 33 percent are found, South Holland, where 31 percent are found and Flevoland, where 18 percent are found. Outside of The Netherlands this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 2 percent are found and Switzerland, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van der Schel | 92 | 7 | / |
| van der Zel | 91 | 199 | / |
| van der Geld | 87 | 604 | / |
| van der Ziel | 87 | 365 | / |
| van der Gelt | 87 | 6 | / |
| van der Zyl | 82 | 23 | / |
| van de Geld | 82 | 3 | / |
| van der Zil | 82 | 2 | / |
| van de Ziel | 82 | 1 | / |
| van der Schilt | 80 | 60 | / |
| van der Schild | 80 | 24 | / |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Sel
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis