van Mels Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
van Mels Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
van Mels Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Mels Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Mels occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Mels? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,213,395th most frequently used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. van Mels occurs mostly in Europe, where 79 percent of van Mels live; 79 percent live in Western Europe and 79 percent live in Germanic Europe.
van Mels is most common in The Netherlands, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 1,535,198. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: Gelderland, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account The Netherlands this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 14 percent live and Brazil, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Melis | 94 | 609 | / |
| Vanmels | 93 | 1 | / |
| van Meelis | 89 | 57 | / |
| Vanmelis | 88 | 7 | / |
| van Mols | 88 | 2 | / |
| van Miles | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Malse | 82 | 0 | / |
| Vanmols | 80 | 10 | / |
| Venmels | 80 | 3 | / |
| van Millis | 78 | 24 | / |
| Vanhammels | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Meel Heus | 76 | 1 | / |
| Vanmills | 75 | 4 | / |
| van Milhees | 74 | 5 | / |
| Vanhamme-Leus | 67 | 1 | / |
| von Malaisé | 63 | 8 | / |
| Vainio-Miles | 60 | 1 | / |
| Vine-Mills | 56 | 4 | / |
| Fon Melozo | 56 | 1 | / |
| Fan Malaza | 56 | 1 | / |
| Fin Molusi | 56 | 1 | / |
| Vanmollise | 56 | 1 | / |
| von Malaise | 53 | 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 Mels
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