van Mele Surname
Approximately 800 people bear this surname
van Mele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 782 | 1:14,702 | 2,237 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
van Mele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Mele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Mele is more commonly found in Belgium than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Mele? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 430,675th most numerous family name in the world, held by around 1 in 9,109,432 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of van Mele are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 93 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most widely held in Belgium, where it is held by 782 people, or 1 in 14,702. In Belgium it is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 95 percent live, Walloon Region, where 5 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 0 percent live. Outside of Belgium van Mele exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Maele | 94 | 1,191 | / |
| van Melle | 94 | 579 | / |
| van Meele | 94 | 13 | / |
| van Male | 88 | 217 | / |
| van Meyl | 88 | 70 | / |
| van Meil | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Melis | 82 | 609 | / |
| van Molle | 82 | 421 | / |
| van Meijl | 82 | 390 | / |
| von Melle | 82 | 11 | / |
| van Malle | 82 | 3 | / |
| Van-Melle | 82 | 3 | / |
| van Miles | 82 | 1 | / |
| Van-Maele | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Meelis | 78 | 57 | / |
| van Messel | 78 | 45 | / |
| van Michel | 78 | 45 | / |
| van Mali | 75 | 16 | / |
| Van-Male | 75 | 6 | / |
| van Mijl | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Mail | 75 | 0 | / |
| van Milhees | 74 | 5 | / |
| van Meechel | 74 | 0 | / |
| von Miler | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Malli | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Molie | 71 | 0 | / |
| von Michel | 67 | 9 | / |
| Van-Michel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Van-Messel | 67 | 1 | / |
| von Milher | 56 | 2 | / |
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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 Mele
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