van Kerpel Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Kerpel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van Kerpel Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands301:562,90650,501
Belgium61:1,916,107103,447
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Greece11:11,079,790145,225

van Kerpel Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Kerpel occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

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

This surname is the 3,017,195th most frequently used surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 88 percent of van Kerpel live; 86 percent live in Western Europe and 83 percent live in Germanic Europe.

van Kerpel is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 562,906. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: South Holland, where 80 percent reside, Gelderland, where 17 percent reside and North Holland, where 3 percent reside. Outside of The Netherlands this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 14 percent reside and South Africa, where 12 percent reside.

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Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vankerpel9512/
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Vankarpalli671/
Vankiripalli6438/
Vankarapalli6411/
Vankirapalli643/
Vankiripally641/
von Grebel609/
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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 Kerpel
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