van Empelen Surname
Approximately 304 people bear this surname
van Empelen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 302 | 1:55,918 | 9,596 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
van Empelen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Empelen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Empelen is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of van Empelen.
How Common Is The Last Name van Empelen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 885,573rd most commonly used surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 23,972,191 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of van Empelen are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most common in The Netherlands, where it is held by 302 people, or 1 in 55,918. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: Utrecht, where 39 percent live, North Holland, where 31 percent live and South Holland, where 12 percent live. Barring The Netherlands this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 0 percent live and Thailand, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Impelen | 91 | 201 | / |
| van Meppelen | 87 | 19 | / |
| Vanimpelen | 86 | 6 | / |
| van Ebeling | 73 | 6 | / |
| von Hampeln | 73 | 6 | / |
| van Hamblen | 73 | 1 | / |
| van Uum-Peelen | 72 | 1 | / |
| Vonhampeln | 67 | 1 | / |
| Viana Umbelino | 64 | 1 | / |
| von Umbelino | 61 | 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 Empelen
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