van Maele Surname

315,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,191 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Maele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Maele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1,0101:11,3831,670
France831:800,27496,515
United States321:11,326,842445,236
Netherlands221:767,59958,330
Ireland111:428,08515,694
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Luxembourg61:96,7576,198
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
England21:27,859,030389,889
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

van Maele Last Name Facts

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

van Maele is more frequently found in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of van Maele click here.

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

The last name is the 315,094th most common surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 6,118,846 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 96 percent of van Maele live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 83 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most common in Belgium, where it is borne by 1,010 people, or 1 in 11,383. In Belgium it is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 94 percent reside, Brussels Capital Region, where 6 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 0 percent reside. Beside Belgium it occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in France, where 7 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.

van Maele Last Name Statistics demography

van Maele earn marginally less than the average income. In Canada they earn 0.26% less than the national average, earning $49,553 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Mele94800/
van Male94217/
van Mael9457/
van Meele8913/
van Malle893/
Van-Maele891/
van Mali8216/
Van-Male826/
Van-Mael824/
van Molle78421/
van Malli781/
van Meijel74308/
von Moeller7041/
van Molie670/
Von-Mally561/

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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 Maele
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