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 last name van Mele has its highest incidence in Belgium. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Mele? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 430,675th most widely held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 9,109,432 people. van Mele is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of van Mele reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 93 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most numerous in Belgium, where it is borne by 782 people, or 1 in 14,702. In Belgium van Mele is most common in: Flemish Region, where 95 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 5 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 0 percent are found. Excluding Belgium it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.
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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