van Held Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
van Held Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
van Held Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Held Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Held is found most frequently in Germany. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of van Held click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Held? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,034,050th most frequent surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 75 percent of van Held live; 75 percent live in Western Europe and 75 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 4,472,526. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Lower Saxony, where 67 percent reside and Bavaria, where 33 percent reside. Other than Germany this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 25 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Hel | 93 | 3 | / |
| van Heel | 88 | 1,499 | / |
| van Hell | 88 | 388 | / |
| von Held | 88 | 186 | / |
| van Hiel | 88 | 174 | / |
| van Helt | 88 | 26 | / |
| van Heyl | 88 | 7 | / |
| van Hold | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Heil | 88 | 0 | / |
| van El | 86 | 66 | / |
| van Heijl | 82 | 18 | / |
| von Heldh | 82 | 3 | / |
| von Helld | 82 | 1 | / |
| von Heeld | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Helle | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Holdt | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Hesel | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Eil | 80 | 136 | / |
| van Elp | 80 | 125 | / |
| van Eyl | 80 | 77 | / |
| von Eld | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Hil | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Ell | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Hessel | 78 | 10 | / |
| van Geel | 75 | 4,164 | / |
| van Holt | 75 | 356 | / |
| van Eijl | 75 | 260 | / |
| van Eyll | 75 | 170 | / |
| van Hill | 75 | 62 | / |
| von Heyl | 75 | 17 | / |
| van Eyle | 75 | 12 | / |
| von Hehl | 75 | 11 | / |
| von Heel | 75 | 9 | / |
| Von-Held | 75 | 6 | / |
| van Hyle | 75 | 3 | / |
| Van-Hiel | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Isel | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Jeel | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Gell | 75 | 0 | / |
| von Hold | 75 | 0 | / |
| van Heessel | 74 | 19 | / |
| van Hille | 71 | 251 | / |
| von Holdt | 71 | 195 | / |
| van Eijle | 71 | 55 | / |
| van Essel | 71 | 34 | / |
| van Geijl | 71 | 11 | / |
| von Heill | 71 | 9 | / |
| van Ijsel | 71 | 8 | / |
| van Yssel | 71 | 5 | / |
| Van-El | 71 | 2 | / |
| van Issel | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Isselt | 67 | 65 | / |
| van Ijssel | 67 | 44 | / |
| van Eessel | 67 | 15 | / |
| von Eichel | 67 | 9 | / |
| van Yll | 67 | 3 | / |
| van Essell | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Ouysel | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Alt | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Held
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