van Giel Surname
Approximately 404 people bear this surname
van Giel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 391 | 1:29,403 | 4,739 |
| Chile | 8 | 1:2,202,059 | 30,910 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
van Giel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Giel Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Giel is found most in Belgium. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of van Giel.
How Common Is The Last Name van Giel? popularity and diffusion
The surname van Giel is the 721,185th most widespread surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,038,480 people. The last name van Giel is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of van Giel reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
van Giel is most frequently held in Belgium, where it is carried by 391 people, or 1 in 29,403. In Belgium van Giel is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 100 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 0 percent are found. Apart from Belgium this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Chile, where 2 percent are found and Costa Rica, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Geel | 88 | 4,164 | / |
| van Hiel | 88 | 174 | / |
| van Gael | 88 | 143 | / |
| van Ziel | 88 | 142 | / |
| van Gill | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Gilt | 88 | 0 | / |
| van Gell | 88 | 0 | / |
| van El | 86 | 66 | / |
| van Hiele | 82 | 58 | / |
| van Gheel | 82 | 36 | / |
| van Geele | 82 | 25 | / |
| van Geijl | 82 | 11 | / |
| van Zil | 80 | 2 | / |
| van Sil | 80 | 1 | / |
| von Gil | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Ell | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Zilt | 75 | 15 | / |
| van Sell | 75 | 13 | / |
| Van-Geel | 75 | 3 | / |
| Van-Hiel | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Jeel | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Jill | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Zeelt | 71 | 59 | / |
| van Zl | 71 | 2 | / |
| Van-El | 71 | 2 | / |
| van Zeldt | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Zyl | 67 | 72,635 | / |
| van Zÿl | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Jeslle | 67 | 0 | / |
| van Zyll | 63 | 26 | / |
| von Zell | 63 | 3 | / |
| van Zhyl | 63 | 1 | / |
| van Schl | 63 | 1 | / |
| Von-Gelt | 63 | 1 | / |
| van Slet | 63 | 0 | / |
| van Slett | 59 | 19 | / |
| Van-Zyl | 53 | 21 | / |
| von Zyl | 53 | 2 | / |
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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 Giel
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