van Gehlen Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
van Gehlen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 22 | 1:767,599 | 58,330 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
van Gehlen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Gehlen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Gehlen is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Gehlen? popularity and diffusion
The surname van Gehlen is the 3,665,662nd most widespread surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. van Gehlen is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of van Gehlen live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 767,599. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: Limburg, where 91 percent are found, Groningen, where 5 percent are found and North Brabant, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account The Netherlands this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 24 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Gelen | 95 | 15 | / |
| van Geelen | 90 | 663 | / |
| von Gehlen | 90 | 120 | / |
| van Gaelen | 90 | 88 | / |
| van Geleen | 90 | 59 | / |
| van Gielen | 90 | 6 | / |
| van Elen | 89 | 39 | / |
| van Galen | 84 | 3,188 | / |
| van Eylen | 84 | 592 | / |
| van Golen | 84 | 153 | / |
| van Ellen | 84 | 141 | / |
| van Eelen | 84 | 51 | / |
| van Ielen | 84 | 24 | / |
| van Helen | 84 | 4 | / |
| van Glenn | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Eulen | 84 | 0 | / |
| van Sehellen | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Gaalen | 80 | 2,214 | / |
| van Heulen | 80 | 87 | / |
| van Goylen | 80 | 53 | / |
| van Zeilen | 80 | 19 | / |
| von Gahlen | 80 | 8 | / |
| von Sehlen | 80 | 4 | / |
| van Hellen | 80 | 3 | / |
| van Zeylen | 80 | 2 | / |
| van Ceelen | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Heelen | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Eellen | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Zeelen | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Seilen | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Gessellen | 78 | 16 | / |
| van Eyslend | 76 | 37 | / |
| van Gesselleen | 75 | 20 | / |
| von Glehn | 74 | 111 | / |
| von Galen | 74 | 16 | / |
| van Zilen | 74 | 16 | / |
| von Ellen | 74 | 14 | / |
| van Eslin | 74 | 6 | / |
| Van-Galen | 74 | 4 | / |
| van Ellin | 74 | 2 | / |
| van Helem | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Zylen | 74 | 0 | / |
| van Galhn | 74 | 0 | / |
| van Zuylen | 70 | 1,348 | / |
| van Zuilen | 70 | 783 | / |
| von Seelen | 70 | 114 | / |
| van Hellem | 70 | 45 | / |
| van Suilen | 70 | 35 | / |
| van Suylen | 70 | 10 | / |
| Van-Gaalen | 70 | 3 | / |
| van Eslind | 70 | 2 | / |
| von Hellen | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Cuylen | 70 | 1 | / |
| von Heilen | 70 | 0 | / |
| von Gillen | 70 | 0 | / |
| van Zuijlen | 67 | 1,109 | / |
| van Suijlen | 67 | 15 | / |
| von Gaillen | 67 | 2 | / |
| van Guislin | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Gehlen
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