van Gestel Surname

74,591st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,591 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Gestel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Gestel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3,4251:4,931511
Belgium2,8001:4,106444
Australia1131:238,90022,291
Thailand901:784,870127,251
Canada291:1,270,53890,455
United States221:16,475,406557,260
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
New Zealand131:348,33327,379
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
England121:4,643,172139,951
France71:9,488,960336,266
Panama61:652,04310,051
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260

van Gestel Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Gestel is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

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

The last name is the 74,591st most commonly held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,105,681 people. The last name van Gestel occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of van Gestel reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 94 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 3,425 people, or 1 in 4,931. In The Netherlands van Gestel is most frequent in: North Brabant, where 69 percent reside, Limburg, where 7 percent reside and South Holland, where 6 percent reside. Not including The Netherlands it is found in 32 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 42 percent reside and Australia, where 2 percent reside.

van Gestel Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Gestel earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 726.53% more than the national average, earning 2,860,440 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 62.01% less than the national average, earning R 90,276 per year and in Canada they earn 3.35% more than the national average, earning $51,348 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Geystel957/
van Gastel902,822/
van Gistel903/
Van-Gestel901/
van Cestel901/
van Extel84103/
Van-Gastel804/
van Uystel801/
van Echtelt76230/
van Echteld76124/
van Uytstel761/

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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
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  • 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 Gestel
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