van Gilsen Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
van Gilsen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 33 | 1:348,383 | 38,592 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
van Gilsen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Gilsen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Gilsen is held by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Gilsen? popularity and diffusion
The last name van Gilsen is the 3,323,005th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. The last name van Gilsen occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of van Gilsen are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most numerous in Belgium, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 348,383. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 91 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 9 percent reside. Other than Belgium this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 3 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Gilson | 90 | 11 | / |
| van Gelsen | 90 | 7 | / |
| van Elsen | 84 | 939 | / |
| van Elssen | 80 | 32 | / |
| van Helsen | 80 | 17 | / |
| von Guilzen | 76 | 1 | / |
| van Elzen | 74 | 96 | / |
| Van-Elsen | 74 | 3 | / |
| van D'Helsen | 73 | 14 | / |
| von Hilson | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Helson | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Helsing | 67 | 23 | / |
| von Hilchen | 67 | 12 | / |
| von Ellson | 60 | 1 | / |
| Van-Helsing | 57 | 7 | / |
| Von-Ellson | 50 | 5 | / |
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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 Gilsen
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