van Hoevell Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
van Hoevell Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
The alternate forms: van Hoëvell (1) are calculated separately.
van Hoevell Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Hoevell Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Hoevell is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: van Hoëvell. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van Hoevell? popularity and diffusion
van Hoevell is the 7,117,718th most frequently used surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of van Hoevell live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 2,814,529. In The Netherlands van Hoevell is most common in: Utrecht, where 83 percent are found and Gelderland, where 17 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands it is found in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Hoëvell | 97 | 1 | / |
| van Hovell | 95 | 50 | / |
| von Hoevell | 91 | 5 | / |
| van Hevel | 90 | 105 | / |
| van Hovel | 90 | 8 | / |
| van Hoeyveld | 87 | 33 | / |
| van Hoeyvelt | 87 | 8 | / |
| van Heuvel | 86 | 164 | / |
| van Hövell | 86 | 77 | / |
| von Hovell | 86 | 3 | / |
| van Howell | 86 | 1 | / |
| van Havel | 80 | 1 | / |
| Van-Hevel | 80 | 1 | / |
| von Heuvel | 76 | 4 | / |
| von Howell | 76 | 1 | / |
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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 Hoevell
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