van Ketel Surname
Approximately 157 people bear this surname
van Ketel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 148 | 1:114,103 | 18,152 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
van Ketel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Ketel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Ketel is found most in The Netherlands. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of van Ketel.
How Common Is The Last Name van Ketel? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,391,595th most widely held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 46,417,490 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 96 percent of van Ketel are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 94 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 148 people, or 1 in 114,103. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: North Holland, where 51 percent live, South Holland, where 26 percent live and Utrecht, where 11 percent live. Barring The Netherlands it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Keßel | 89 | 1 | / |
| van Kessel | 84 | 5,530 | / |
| van Keil | 82 | 2 | / |
| van Kessell | 80 | 7 | / |
| van Kelle | 78 | 45 | / |
| von Kessel | 74 | 57 | / |
| Van-Kessel | 74 | 12 | / |
| von Kittel | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Kuil | 71 | 74 | / |
| van Kuyl | 71 | 43 | / |
| van Kail | 71 | 4 | / |
| von Keil | 71 | 1 | / |
| von Kessell | 70 | 3 | / |
| van Kuijl | 67 | 48 | / |
| van Cle | 63 | 1 | / |
| van Cuyl | 59 | 1 | / |
| Van-Kail | 59 | 1 | / |
| van Coile | 56 | 83 | / |
| van Coyle | 56 | 1 | / |
| van Caille | 53 | 17 | / |
| van Coille | 53 | 1 | / |
| van Quaille | 50 | 14 | / |
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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 Ketel
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