van Oekel Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
van Oekel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 35 | 1:482,491 | 46,668 |
| Belgium | 31 | 1:370,859 | 40,209 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
van Oekel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Oekel Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Oekel occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van Oekel? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,203,767th most prevalent last name globally, borne by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. van Oekel is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of van Oekel reside; 91 percent reside in Western Europe and 76 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most common in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 482,491. In The Netherlands van Oekel is primarily found in: North Brabant, where 66 percent are found, North Holland, where 14 percent are found and South Holland, where 14 percent are found. Excluding The Netherlands it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 42 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Oeckel | 95 | 90 | / |
| van Hoeckel | 90 | 245 | / |
| van Eykel | 89 | 15 | / |
| van Eekel | 89 | 5 | / |
| van Ockel | 89 | 2 | / |
| van Eijkel | 84 | 58 | / |
| van Akel | 82 | 0 | / |
| von Ockel | 78 | 4 | / |
| von Heckel | 74 | 14 | / |
| van Ackell | 74 | 0 | / |
| von Eichel | 63 | 9 | / |
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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 Oekel
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