van Gesselen Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

van Gesselen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Gesselen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

van Gesselen Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Gesselen occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of van Gesselen.

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

The last name van Gesselen is the 5,812,366th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of van Gesselen live; 91 percent live in Southern Africa and 91 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname van Gesselen is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 5,417,770. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Western Cape, where 100 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Belgium, where 9 percent are found.

van Gesselen Last Name Statistics demography

van Gesselen earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 96.61% less than the national average, earning R 8,052 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Geselen967/
van Gesseleen961/
van Esselen961/
van Gesselin921/
van Esselin871/
van Geselin871/
Van-Geselen871/
van Gijselen835/
van Esselink831/
van Huisseling6952/

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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 Gesselen
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