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 is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van Eekelen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 199,192nd most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 3,475,225 people. van Eekelen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of van Eekelen live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 1,957 people, or 1 in 8,629. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: North Brabant, where 55 percent live, South Holland, where 16 percent live and North Holland, where 8 percent live. Outside of The Netherlands it exists 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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