van Hemelen Surname

788,513th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 358 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Hemelen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Hemelen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium3541:32,4765,268
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

van Hemelen Last Name Facts

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

van Hemelen is found most frequently in Belgium. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

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

This surname is the 788,513th most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 20,356,274 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of van Hemelen reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 93 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Belgium, where it is carried by 354 people, or 1 in 32,476. In Belgium van Hemelen is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 94 percent live, Walloon Region, where 6 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 0 percent live. Not including Belgium it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 0 percent live and The Philippines, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Emelen95193/
van Homelen9166/
van Hamelen9126/
van Emmelen911/
van Hommelen8738/
van Eummelen876/
van Amelen861/
van Ammelen8215/
van Immelen824/
von Amelen764/
von Amelin671/

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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 Hemelen
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