van Essel Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Essel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Essel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands271:625,45153,034
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

van Essel Last Name Facts

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

van Essel is most common in The Netherlands. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

It is the 3,373,373rd most numerous family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of van Essel live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 625,451. In The Netherlands van Essel is most frequent in: South Holland, where 70 percent live, North Holland, where 26 percent live and Gelderland, where 4 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands van Essel exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 12 percent live and Germany, where 6 percent live.

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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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  • 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 Essel
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