van Oekel Surname

2,203,767th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 74 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Oekel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van Oekel Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands351:482,49146,668
Belgium311:370,85940,209
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
England11:55,718,059489,080
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

van Oekel Last Name Facts

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

van Oekel is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

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

The last name van Oekel is the 2,203,767th most frequent surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 98,480,350 people. van Oekel occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of van Oekel live; 91 percent live in Western Europe and 76 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 482,491. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: North Brabant, where 66 percent are found, North Holland, where 14 percent are found and South Holland, where 14 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands van Oekel exists 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

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Oeckel9590/
van Hoeckel90245/
van Eykel8915/
van Eekel895/
van Ockel892/
van Eijkel8458/
van Akel820/
von Ockel784/
von Heckel7414/
van Ackell740/
von Eichel639/
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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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