van Elden Surname

1,369,340th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 161 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Elden Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Elden Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1111:152,13722,745
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
United States71:51,779,848968,877
England11:55,718,059489,080
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

van Elden Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name van Elden Come From? nationality or country of origin

van Elden occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name van Elden? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,369,340th most frequent last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 45,264,260 people. van Elden occurs mostly in Europe, where 70 percent of van Elden are found; 69 percent are found in Western Europe and 69 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 111 people, or 1 in 152,137. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: Gelderland, where 41 percent are found, North Holland, where 18 percent are found and North Brabant, where 12 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 14 percent are found and South Africa, where 11 percent are found.

van Elden Last Name Statistics demography

van Elden earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 24.24% more than the national average, earning R 295,236 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Helden954,041/
van Gelden9543/
van D'Elden901/
van Olden89157/
van Alden891/
Van-Elden891/
von Helden8429/
Van-Helden846/
van Halden844/
van Holden844/
van Heldem841/
van Gilden840/
Van-Olden781/
von Holden743/

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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 Elden
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