van Israel Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Israel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Israel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium501:229,93329,007
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: van Israël (31) are calculated separately.

van Israel Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Israel is found most in Belgium. It may appear as a variant: van Israël. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

This surname is the 2,689,253rd most commonly held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of van Israel live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 79 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name van Israel is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 229,933. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 80 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 16 percent live and Walloon Region, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Belgium this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

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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 Israel
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