van Dessel Surname
Approximately 3,515 people bear this surname
van Dessel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 3,189 | 1:3,605 | 369 |
| Netherlands | 180 | 1:93,818 | 15,387 |
| Australia | 31 | 1:870,829 | 53,581 |
| Poland | 26 | 1:1,461,875 | 85,446 |
| United States | 22 | 1:16,475,406 | 557,260 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Spain | 13 | 1:3,596,310 | 69,669 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
van Dessel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Dessel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Dessel is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Dessel? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 128,867th most widespread family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,073,271 people. The surname van Dessel is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of van Dessel reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 90 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most common in Belgium, where it is carried by 3,189 people, or 1 in 3,605. In Belgium it is primarily found in: Flemish Region, where 94 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 4 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Belgium this last name is found in 26 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 5 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Dissel | 90 | 312 | / |
| Van-Dessel | 90 | 21 | / |
| van Dassel | 90 | 0 | / |
| van Dissell | 86 | 5 | / |
| van Dijssel | 86 | 1 | / |
| van Deshell | 86 | 0 | / |
| van Deele | 84 | 6 | / |
| van Disel | 84 | 1 | / |
| von Dassel | 80 | 6 | / |
| van Deyl | 78 | 12 | / |
| van Deijl | 74 | 173 | / |
| van Delle | 74 | 9 | / |
| van Dichel | 70 | 2 | / |
| van Deijle | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Dijl | 67 | 319 | / |
| van Duyl | 67 | 83 | / |
| van Dyle | 67 | 8 | / |
| Van-Dele | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Duijl | 63 | 190 | / |
| van Dille | 63 | 46 | / |
| van Doyle | 63 | 1 | / |
| von Delle | 63 | 0 | / |
| van Duille | 60 | 1 | / |
| Van-Dijl | 56 | 2 | / |
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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 Dessel
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