van Neel Surname

141,088th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,160 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Namibia

van Neel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Neel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,7401:19,7732,491
Namibia3881:6,2101,209
Botswana171:128,64318,229
United States81:45,307,367917,113
England31:18,572,686338,250
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

The alternate forms: van Neël (1) are calculated separately.

van Neel Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Neel is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: van Neël. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

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

The last name is the 141,088th most prevalent family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,306,185 people. van Neel is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of van Neel live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 2,740 people, or 1 in 19,773. In South Africa van Neel is primarily concentrated in: Western Cape, where 52 percent live, Northern Cape, where 34 percent live and Gauteng, where 6 percent live. Barring South Africa van Neel is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Namibia, where 12 percent live and Botswana, where 1 percent live.

van Neel Last Name Statistics demography

van Neel earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 40.47% less than the national average, earning R 141,468 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Neël961/
van Nel93636/
van Niel881,187/
van Nell8873/
Van-Neel8818/
van Neal888/
van Neil885/
van Noel884/
van Nuel881/
van Nuil75339/
von Nell757/
van Ngli751/
van Noyl750/
van Nuill711/
Van-Nuil6312/
Van-Nuill591/

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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 Neel
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