van Hövell Surname
Approximately 77 people bear this surname
van Hövell Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 62 | 1:272,374 | 33,874 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: van Hovell (50) are calculated separately.
van Hövell Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Hövell Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Hövell is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can be found as: van Hovell. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Hövell? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,152,526th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 94,643,453 people. The last name van Hövell occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of van Hövell reside; 94 percent reside in Western Europe and 88 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname van Hövell is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 62 people, or 1 in 272,374. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: North Holland, where 32 percent are found, South Holland, where 26 percent are found and Gelderland, where 18 percent are found. Outside of The Netherlands this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 8 percent are found and England, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Hovell | 97 | 50 | / |
| van Hoevell | 86 | 7 | / |
| van Hoëvell | 86 | 1 | / |
| van Hevel | 84 | 105 | / |
| van Hovel | 84 | 8 | / |
| van Havel | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Heuvel | 80 | 164 | / |
| von Hovell | 80 | 3 | / |
| van Howell | 80 | 1 | / |
| von Hoevell | 76 | 5 | / |
| Van-Hevel | 74 | 1 | / |
| von Heuvel | 70 | 4 | / |
| von Howell | 70 | 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 Hövell
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