van Eekel Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
van Eekel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
van Eekel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Eekel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Eekel occurs more in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van Eekel? popularity and diffusion
van Eekel is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of van Eekel live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequent in Belgium, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 2,874,161. In Belgium van Eekel is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 100 percent reside. Besides Belgium this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Eeckele | 90 | 1 | / |
| van Oekel | 89 | 74 | / |
| van Eykel | 89 | 15 | / |
| van Oeckel | 84 | 90 | / |
| van Eijkel | 84 | 58 | / |
| van Akel | 82 | 0 | / |
| van Hoeckel | 80 | 245 | / |
| van Excel | 78 | 70 | / |
| van Ockel | 78 | 2 | / |
| von Heckel | 74 | 14 | / |
| van Ackell | 74 | 0 | / |
| von Ockel | 67 | 4 | / |
| von Eichel | 63 | 9 | / |
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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 Eekel
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