van Paul Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Malawi

van Paul Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Paul Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
France11:66,422,722504,397
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

van Paul (6) may also be a first name.

van Paul Last Name Facts

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

van Paul occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of van Paul click here.

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

The surname is the 8,193,072nd most widespread family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name van Paul occurs mostly in The Americas, where 40 percent of van Paul are found; 40 percent are found in North America and 40 percent are found in Anglo-North America. van Paul is also the 4,967,096th most prevalent forename throughout the world, held by 6 people.

The surname van Paul is most common in The United States, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is most common in: California, where 100 percent reside. Not including The United States this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 20 percent reside and Malawi, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Pul93390/
von Paul885/
van Palt883/
van Puil881/
van Phul880/
van Pol80677/
van Passel78497/
van Poll75201/
van Peel75173/
van Poel7539/
van Pool7538/
von Phul7513/
von Paal753/
van Pold751/
van Pole750/
von Pfuhl7111/
van Poole716/
von Pfahl712/
von Pohl635/
Van-Poll632/
von Pfeil5925/
von Pohle5913/
von Poehl594/
von Possel5676/
von Peiold561/
Van-Powell561/
von Possell531/

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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 Paul
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