van der Velen Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
van der Velen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
van der Velen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Velen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van der Velen is found most in Australia. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Velen? popularity and diffusion
van der Velen is the 7,593,402nd most widely held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 83 percent of van der Velen live; 83 percent live in Australasia and 83 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.
It is most commonly used in Australia, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 5,399,140. In Australia van der Velen is most common in: South Australia, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Australia this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van der Belen | 92 | 10 | / |
| van Dervellen | 92 | 1 | / |
| Vandervelen | 92 | 1 | / |
| van der Valen | 92 | 1 | / |
| van der Wielen | 89 | 2,633 | / |
| von der Vellen | 89 | 12 | / |
| van der Beelen | 89 | 3 | / |
| Vandervellen | 88 | 16 | / |
| Vandervielen | 88 | 1 | / |
| van de Wielen | 85 | 4 | / |
| vander Velani | 85 | 1 | / |
| van der Walen | 85 | 1 | / |
| van der Wallen | 81 | 326 | / |
| vander Avelino | 81 | 2 | / |
| van der Foolen | 81 | 1 | / |
| van-der Wielen | 81 | 1 | / |
| Vondervellen | 80 | 37 | / |
| vander Fillian | 67 | 1 | / |
| Venter-Viljoen | 59 | 1 | / |
| Ventura Avelino | 50 | 4 | / |
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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 Velen
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