van Hovell Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
van Hovell Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 35 | 1:482,491 | 46,668 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
The alternate forms: van Hövell (77) are calculated separately.
van Hovell Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Hovell Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Hovell is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: van Hövell. For other possible spellings of van Hovell click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Hovell? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,746,821st most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. van Hovell is primarily found in Europe, where 94 percent of van Hovell reside; 92 percent reside in Western Europe and 72 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 482,491. In The Netherlands van Hovell is most frequent in: North Holland, where 34 percent reside, Utrecht, where 26 percent reside and Limburg, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account The Netherlands it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 22 percent reside and Chile, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Hövell | 97 | 77 | / |
| van Hovel | 95 | 8 | / |
| van Hoevell | 95 | 7 | / |
| van Hoëvell | 95 | 1 | / |
| von Hovell | 90 | 3 | / |
| van Howell | 90 | 1 | / |
| van Hooveld | 86 | 13 | / |
| von Hoevell | 86 | 5 | / |
| van Hevel | 84 | 105 | / |
| van Havel | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Heuvel | 80 | 164 | / |
| von Howell | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Oveteld | 76 | 1 | / |
| Van-Hevel | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Asveld | 70 | 5 | / |
| von Heuvel | 70 | 4 | / |
| van Asveldt | 67 | 45 | / |
| von Gavel | 63 | 66 | / |
| van Abeele | 60 | 13 | / |
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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 Hovell
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