van Giels Surname

1,718,748th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 113 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Giels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van Giels Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1031:163,95324,033
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

van Giels Last Name Facts

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

van Giels is found most in The Netherlands. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

van Giels is the 1,718,748th most frequently held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 64,491,557 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of van Giels live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 103 people, or 1 in 163,953. In The Netherlands van Giels is primarily concentrated in: North Brabant, where 81 percent live, South Holland, where 11 percent live and Gelderland, where 8 percent live. Not including The Netherlands this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 8 percent live and New Zealand, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Gils947,819/
van Gels9442/
van Gilst891,156/
van Gilse89114/
van Gills8911/
van Guils892/
van Geels892/
van Els88509/
van Zielst8479/
van Ells8269/
Van-Gils8234/
van Glse821/
van Zelst781,352/
Van-Gilse781/
van Zeelst74156/
von Selz598/
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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 Giels
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