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
van Giessel occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van Giessel? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,034,059th most common surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of van Giessel reside; 94 percent reside in Western Europe and 94 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 80 people, or 1 in 211,090. In The Netherlands van Giessel is primarily found in: Gelderland, where 24 percent live, North Brabant, where 16 percent live and North Holland, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account The Netherlands this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs 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
- 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 Giessel
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