van Pel Surname

1,025,894th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 246 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Pel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Pel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2311:73,10512,407
France101:6,642,272293,169
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

van Pel Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Pel occurs most in The Netherlands. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

The last name is the 1,025,894th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 29,624,170 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of van Pel live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.

van Pel is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 231 people, or 1 in 73,105. In The Netherlands van Pel is most frequent in: North Holland, where 50 percent are found, South Holland, where 25 percent are found and Friesland, where 9 percent are found. Beside The Netherlands this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in France, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

van Pel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of van Pel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the van Pel last name rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Pelt937,501/
van Peel93173/
van Poel9339/
van Pell937/
van Pelp931/
van Pelh930/
van Peldt880/
Van-Pelt8022/
van Pilt802/
van Puil801/
von Pelt800/
van Pflt800/
von Poehl754/
Van-Plet671/

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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 Pel
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