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
The surname van Giel occurs more in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Giel? popularity and diffusion
The surname van Giel is the 721,185th most frequently used last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 18,038,480 people. van Giel occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of van Giel live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name van Giel is most common in Belgium, where it is carried by 391 people, or 1 in 29,403. In Belgium van Giel is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 100 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 0 percent are found. Outside of Belgium this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common 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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