van Gelder Surname

61,798th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,132 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Gelder Surname Definition:

(Dutch) Of GELDER(land [Dutch van, of]

van Gelder Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands5,3981:3,128252
Belgium1,2331:9,3241,328
United States4791:756,69959,021
Malawi1831:93,54711,397
Australia1821:148,32815,783
Canada1081:341,16330,982
Germany1031:781,60657,825
England841:663,31038,317
South Africa681:796,73154,178
Portugal571:182,7767,697
New Zealand531:85,44012,123
Switzerland341:241,55620,206
Spain261:1,798,15550,469
France201:3,321,136213,627
Israel181:475,42436,085
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Argentina101:4,274,341152,056
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Qatar61:393,00055,922
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
Suriname41:138,1547,029
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Costa Rica41:1,195,0176,919
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Malta11:430,2723,380
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England561:435,27425,262
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1801:278,99322,538

van Gelder Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Dutch) Of GELDER(land [Dutch van, of]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From Gelderland (Province of Holland).

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(Dutch) One who came from the county of Gelder, in Holland.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

van Gelder Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Gelder is most common in The Netherlands. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

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

This last name is the 61,798th most frequent last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 896,157 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 86 percent of van Gelder reside; 84 percent reside in Western Europe and 81 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most common in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 5,398 people, or 1 in 3,128. In The Netherlands van Gelder is mostly concentrated in: South Holland, where 25 percent reside, Gelderland, where 20 percent reside and North Holland, where 18 percent reside. Aside from The Netherlands van Gelder is found in 47 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 15 percent reside and The United States, where 6 percent reside.

van Gelder Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of van Gelder has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 266 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.

van Gelder Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Gelder earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 56.41% more than the national average, earning R 371,688 per year; in United States they earn 41.92% more than the national average, earning $61,236 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.79% more than the national average, earning $59,019 CAD per year.

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van Gelder Reference & Research

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