van Niele Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Niele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Niele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands871:194,10527,180
England41:13,929,515290,718
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

van Niele Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Niele is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

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

The last name van Niele is the 1,943,350th most common family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of van Niele reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 87 people, or 1 in 194,105. In The Netherlands van Niele is primarily concentrated in: North Holland, where 48 percent live, South Holland, where 16 percent live and North Brabant, where 11 percent live. Outside of The Netherlands van Niele exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 4 percent live and Switzerland, where 1 percent live.

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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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  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
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