van Herle Surname

1,806,862nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 104 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Herle Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Herle Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium761:151,27221,156
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797

The alternate forms: van Herlé (2) are calculated separately.

van Herle Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Herle is held by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: van Herlé. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

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

This last name is the 1,806,862nd most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 70,072,557 people. The last name van Herle occurs mostly in Europe, where 89 percent of van Herle reside; 89 percent reside in Western Europe and 81 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

van Herle is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is carried by 76 people, or 1 in 151,272. In Belgium it is most common in: Flemish Region, where 100 percent reside. Barring Belgium this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 11 percent reside and Switzerland, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Herlé962/
van Heirle9522/
van Heerle951/
van Oerle89568/
van Aerle89289/
van Earle892/
van Orle824/
van Arle820/
van Aarle78900/
van Orlé714/
von Herrlich671/
von Erlich632/
von Ehrlich604/
von Orelli53118/

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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 Herle
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