van Giessel Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
van Giessel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 80 | 1:211,090 | 28,733 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
van Giessel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Giessel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Giessel is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Giessel? popularity and diffusion
The surname van Giessel is the 2,034,059th most commonly held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of van Giessel are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 94 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 80 people, or 1 in 211,090. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: Gelderland, where 24 percent live, North Brabant, where 16 percent live and North Holland, where 15 percent live. Excluding The Netherlands it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 5 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Gessel | 95 | 1,377 | / |
| van Giesel | 95 | 2 | / |
| van Gijssel | 91 | 270 | / |
| van Geyssel | 91 | 10 | / |
| van Essel | 90 | 34 | / |
| van Gesel | 90 | 0 | / |
| van Gisel | 90 | 0 | / |
| van Gijsel | 86 | 473 | / |
| van Gassel | 86 | 85 | / |
| van Geysel | 86 | 23 | / |
| van Gyssel | 86 | 15 | / |
| Van-Gessel | 86 | 1 | / |
| van Essell | 86 | 1 | / |
| van Geel | 84 | 4,164 | / |
| von Goessel | 82 | 2 | / |
| van Geijsel | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Gysel | 80 | 927 | / |
| van Gheel | 80 | 36 | / |
| van Geele | 80 | 25 | / |
| van Ghiel | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Geyzel | 76 | 67 | / |
| van Ghysel | 76 | 1 | / |
| Van-Cessel | 76 | 1 | / |
| van Gele | 74 | 161 | / |
| Van-Geel | 74 | 3 | / |
| van Gyzel | 70 | 18 | / |
| van Geijl | 70 | 11 | / |
| Van-Gysel | 70 | 7 | / |
| van Ghele | 70 | 6 | / |
| van Ghelt | 70 | 1 | / |
| Van-Gele | 63 | 4 | / |
| van Gyle | 63 | 0 | / |
| van Ghèle | 60 | 1 | / |
| von Zeitschel | 58 | 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
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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 Giessel
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