van Gels Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

van Gels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Gels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States401:9,061,473385,835
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

van Gels Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Gels is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

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

This last name is the 3,017,195th most widely held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. van Gels is primarily found in The Americas, where 98 percent of van Gels live; 95 percent live in North America and 95 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 9,061,473. In The United States van Gels is most common in: Missouri, where 85 percent live, California, where 5 percent live and Arizona, where 3 percent live. Excluding The United States it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 2 percent live and Germany, where 2 percent live.

van Gels Last Name Statistics demography

van Gels earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 192.11% more than the national average, earning $126,042 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Giels94113/
van Geels942/
van Els93509/
van Gils887,819/
van Elst882,051/
van Ells8869/
van Else881/
van Glse881/
van Zelst821,352/
van Gilst821,156/
van Gilse82114/
van Gills8211/
van Guils822/
van Zeelst78156/
van Zielst7879/
Van-Gils7534/
van Ilse751/
Van-Elst751/
von Elst750/
van Hilst71415/
Van-Gilse711/
von Selz638/

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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 Gels
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