van Eekelen Surname
Approximately 2,097 people bear this surname
van Eekelen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1,957 | 1:8,629 | 1,083 |
| Belgium | 57 | 1:201,696 | 26,362 |
| Australia | 43 | 1:627,807 | 44,139 |
| New Zealand | 11 | 1:411,666 | 31,040 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
van Eekelen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Eekelen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Eekelen occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Eekelen? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 199,192nd most frequently used family name internationally, held by around 1 in 3,475,225 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of van Eekelen reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname van Eekelen is most common in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 1,957 people, or 1 in 8,629. In The Netherlands van Eekelen is most numerous in: North Brabant, where 55 percent live, South Holland, where 16 percent live and North Holland, where 8 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands this surname is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 3 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Eeckelen | 96 | 21 | / |
| van Ekelen | 95 | 40 | / |
| van Eeklen | 95 | 1 | / |
| van Oekelen | 91 | 102 | / |
| van Hekelen | 91 | 17 | / |
| van Eykelen | 91 | 12 | / |
| van Eikelen | 91 | 3 | / |
| van Eckelen | 91 | 1 | / |
| van Hoekelen | 87 | 90 | / |
| van Heukelen | 87 | 16 | / |
| van Eickelen | 87 | 9 | / |
| van Eijkelen | 87 | 3 | / |
| van Ikelen | 86 | 25 | / |
| van Ykelen | 86 | 1 | / |
| van Ockelen | 82 | 1 | / |
| Van-Eckelen | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Hokelen | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Heukelem | 78 | 49 | / |
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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 Eekelen
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