van Ekelen Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
van Ekelen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 35 | 1:482,491 | 46,668 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
van Ekelen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Ekelen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Ekelen is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Ekelen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,100,440th most common last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of van Ekelen live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 482,491. In The Netherlands it is most common in: North Brabant, where 74 percent reside, Utrecht, where 20 percent reside and North Holland, where 3 percent reside. Apart from The Netherlands it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 10 percent reside and Italy, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Eekelen | 95 | 2,097 | / |
| van Oekelen | 95 | 102 | / |
| van Hekelen | 95 | 17 | / |
| van Eykelen | 95 | 12 | / |
| van Eikelen | 95 | 3 | / |
| van Eckelen | 95 | 1 | / |
| van Hoekelen | 91 | 90 | / |
| van Eeckelen | 91 | 21 | / |
| van Heukelen | 91 | 16 | / |
| van Eickelen | 91 | 9 | / |
| van Eijkelen | 91 | 3 | / |
| van Ikelen | 90 | 25 | / |
| van Eeklen | 90 | 1 | / |
| van Ykelen | 90 | 1 | / |
| van Hokelen | 86 | 1 | / |
| van Ockelen | 86 | 1 | / |
| Van-Eckelen | 86 | 1 | / |
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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 Ekelen
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