van Nel Surname

513,430th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 636 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

van Nel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Nel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6351:85,31910,490
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

van Nel Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Nel has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

This surname is the 513,430th most common last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 11,458,406 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of van Nel reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

It is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 635 people, or 1 in 85,319. In South Africa van Nel is mostly concentrated in: Northern Cape, where 63 percent live, Western Cape, where 14 percent live and Gauteng, where 14 percent live. Beside South Africa van Nel is found in one country. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 0 percent live.

van Nel Last Name Statistics demography

van Nel earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 33.4% less than the national average, earning R 158,256 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Neel933,160/
van Niel931,187/
van Nell9373/
van Noel934/
van Nuel931/
van Neël931/
van Nuil80339/
Van-Neel8018/
von Nell807/
van Ngli801/
van Nuill751/
Van-Nuil6712/
Van-Nuill631/

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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 Nel
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