van Helsing Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Uruguay

van Helsing Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Helsing Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295

van Helsing Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Helsing is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

The surname van Helsing is the 4,116,508th most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 61 percent of van Helsing live; 30 percent live in South America and 22 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. In South Africa van Helsing is mostly found in: Western Cape, where 80 percent reside and Gauteng, where 20 percent reside. Excluding South Africa van Helsing exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 13 percent reside and The United States, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Van-Helsing917/
van Helsen8617/
van Elsen80939/
van D'Helsen7814/
van Elssen7632/
van Gelsen767/
von Holzing7314/
van Elzen7096/
Van-Elsen703/
van Gilsen6735/
von Hilchen5512/

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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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  • 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 Helsing
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