van Hekelen Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
van Hekelen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 16 | 1:1,055,448 | 66,951 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
van Hekelen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Hekelen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Hekelen is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of van Hekelen.
How Common Is The Last Name van Hekelen? popularity and diffusion
van Hekelen is the 4,772,636th most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of van Hekelen live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name van Hekelen is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 1,055,448. In The Netherlands van Hekelen is mostly concentrated in: North Holland, where 94 percent reside and Utrecht, where 6 percent reside. Apart from The Netherlands this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Suriname, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Hoekelen | 96 | 90 | / |
| van Heukelen | 96 | 16 | / |
| van Ekelen | 95 | 40 | / |
| van Eekelen | 91 | 2,097 | / |
| van Oekelen | 91 | 102 | / |
| van Eykelen | 91 | 12 | / |
| van Eikelen | 91 | 3 | / |
| van Hokelen | 91 | 1 | / |
| van Eckelen | 91 | 1 | / |
| van Eeckelen | 87 | 21 | / |
| van Eickelen | 87 | 9 | / |
| van Eijkelen | 87 | 3 | / |
| van Ikelen | 86 | 25 | / |
| van Eeklen | 86 | 1 | / |
| van Ykelen | 86 | 1 | / |
| Van-Eckelen | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Ockelen | 82 | 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 Hekelen
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