van Hamel Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
van Hamel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 57 | 1:296,266 | 35,624 |
| Belgium | 25 | 1:459,866 | 46,150 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Hamel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Hamel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Hamel is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Hamel? popularity and diffusion
The last name van Hamel is the 1,955,159th most frequently used last name on earth, held by around 1 in 80,082,922 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of van Hamel are found; 93 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is held by 57 people, or 1 in 296,266. In The Netherlands van Hamel is primarily concentrated in: South Holland, where 47 percent are found, North Holland, where 30 percent are found and Utrecht, where 12 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 27 percent are found and England, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Hamel
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