van Heel Surname

261,733rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,499 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Heel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Heel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1,1581:14,5832,184
United States1521:2,384,598147,132
Belgium601:191,61125,371
Australia451:599,90442,958
Germany291:2,776,050134,833
France161:4,151,420237,746
England131:4,286,005132,302
Venezuela61:5,034,01343,431
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706

van Heel Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Heel occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

The surname is the 261,733rd most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 4,861,605 people. van Heel is primarily found in Europe, where 86 percent of van Heel live; 84 percent live in Western Europe and 83 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is held by 1,158 people, or 1 in 14,583. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: Limburg, where 31 percent are found, North Brabant, where 23 percent are found and Gelderland, where 16 percent are found. Beside The Netherlands this last name exists in 21 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent are found and Belgium, where 4 percent are found.

van Heel Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Heel earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 62.83% more than the national average, earning $70,258 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.07% less than the national average, earning $48,160 CAD per year.

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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 Heel
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