van Hellem Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
van Hellem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 44 | 1:261,287 | 31,734 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
van Hellem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Hellem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Hellem is found most frequently in Belgium. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of van Hellem click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Hellem? popularity and diffusion
The surname van Hellem is the 2,909,720th most frequently held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The last name van Hellem occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of van Hellem live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 87 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Belgium, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 261,287. In Belgium van Hellem is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 89 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 11 percent reside. Barring Belgium this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Sweden, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Helem | 95 | 1 | / |
| van Hallem | 90 | 17 | / |
| van Hellen | 90 | 3 | / |
| van Halem | 84 | 342 | / |
| van Ellen | 84 | 141 | / |
| van Eulem | 84 | 17 | / |
| van Helen | 84 | 4 | / |
| van Allem | 84 | 0 | / |
| van Heulen | 80 | 87 | / |
| van Haalem | 80 | 55 | / |
| von Hellen | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Eellen | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Heelen | 80 | 1 | / |
| von Hillem | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Alem | 78 | 349 | / |
| van Elen | 78 | 39 | / |
| van Eylen | 74 | 592 | / |
| van Eelen | 74 | 51 | / |
| von Halem | 74 | 24 | / |
| van Ielen | 74 | 24 | / |
| van Gelen | 74 | 15 | / |
| von Ellen | 74 | 14 | / |
| van Ellin | 74 | 2 | / |
| von Allem | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Eulen | 74 | 0 | / |
| van Geelen | 70 | 663 | / |
| van Geleen | 70 | 59 | / |
| van Gehlen | 70 | 29 | / |
| van Heling | 70 | 1 | / |
| von Heilen | 70 | 0 | / |
| van Eyslend | 67 | 37 | / |
| van Eslin | 63 | 6 | / |
| von Elling | 60 | 156 | / |
| von Gehlen | 60 | 120 | / |
| van Goylen | 60 | 53 | / |
| van Eslind | 60 | 2 | / |
| von Gillen | 60 | 0 | / |
| von Gaillen | 57 | 2 | / |
| Von-Elling | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Hellem
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