van Kelf Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Kelf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Kelf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium211:547,45951,586
France11:66,422,722504,397

van Kelf Last Name Facts

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

van Kelf is held by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of van Kelf.

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

van Kelf is the 4,206,983rd most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of van Kelf live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname van Kelf is most numerous in Belgium, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 547,459. In Belgium it is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 100 percent are found. Beside Belgium this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in France, where 5 percent are found.

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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 Kelf
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