van Hoeckel Surname

1,028,911th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 245 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Hoeckel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Hoeckel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2131:79,28313,351
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
England11:55,718,059489,080
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

van Hoeckel Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Hoeckel occurs most in The Netherlands. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

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

It is the 1,028,911th most commonly occurring last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 29,745,085 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of van Hoeckel live; 87 percent live in Western Europe and 87 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most common in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 213 people, or 1 in 79,283. In The Netherlands van Hoeckel is primarily found in: North Brabant, where 75 percent are found, South Holland, where 14 percent are found and North Holland, where 5 percent are found. Aside from The Netherlands this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 9 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.

van Hoeckel Last Name Statistics demography

van Hoeckel earn somewhat more than the average income. In Canada they earn 12.18% more than the national average, earning $55,736 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Oeckel9590/
van Oekel9074/
van Ockel902/
von Heckel8614/
van Jaeckel823/
van Eykel8015/
van Eekel805/
von Ockel804/
van Eijkel7658/
van Ackell760/
van Akel740/
von Eichel579/

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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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  • 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 Hoeckel
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