van Gheel Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
van Gheel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30 | 1:383,221 | 41,070 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
van Gheel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Gheel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Gheel is found most in Belgium. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of van Gheel.
How Common Is The Last Name van Gheel? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,274,477th most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 89 percent of van Gheel are found; 83 percent are found in Western Europe and 83 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequent in Belgium, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 383,221. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Belgium this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 6 percent reside and The United States, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Geel | 94 | 4,164 | / |
| van Geele | 89 | 25 | / |
| van Ghele | 89 | 6 | / |
| van Ghelt | 89 | 1 | / |
| van Ghiel | 89 | 0 | / |
| van Gesel | 89 | 0 | / |
| van Gessel | 84 | 1,377 | / |
| van Geysel | 84 | 23 | / |
| van Giesel | 84 | 2 | / |
| van Ghysel | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Giel | 82 | 404 | / |
| van Gele | 82 | 161 | / |
| van Gael | 82 | 143 | / |
| Van-Geel | 82 | 3 | / |
| van Gell | 82 | 0 | / |
| van Giessel | 80 | 85 | / |
| van Geyssel | 80 | 10 | / |
| van Geijsel | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Gysel | 78 | 927 | / |
| van Geijl | 78 | 11 | / |
| van Gijel | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Ghèle | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Gisel | 78 | 0 | / |
| van Gijsel | 74 | 473 | / |
| van Gyssel | 74 | 15 | / |
| Van-Gessel | 74 | 1 | / |
| Van-Gele | 71 | 4 | / |
| van Gill | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Gilt | 71 | 0 | / |
| van Gyle | 71 | 0 | / |
| van Gijssel | 70 | 270 | / |
| Van-Gysel | 67 | 7 | / |
| van Gould | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Gault | 67 | 0 | / |
| von Gil | 63 | 1 | / |
| Von-Gelt | 59 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Gheel
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis