van Gele Surname
Approximately 161 people bear this surname
van Gele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 112 | 1:102,649 | 15,579 |
| France | 42 | 1:1,581,493 | 147,826 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
van Gele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Gele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Gele is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of van Gele click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Gele? popularity and diffusion
van Gele is the 1,369,340th most commonly held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 45,264,260 people. The last name van Gele occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of van Gele live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 70 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is held by 112 people, or 1 in 102,649. In Belgium van Gele is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 98 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent reside. Besides Belgium van Gele is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in France, where 26 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Gele
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