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.

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van Pel 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
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 more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

The last name van Pel is the 1,025,894th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,624,170 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of van Pel are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 94 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 231 people, or 1 in 73,105. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: North Holland, where 50 percent live, South Holland, where 25 percent live and Friesland, where 9 percent live. Excluding The Netherlands this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in France, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

van Pel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of van Pel has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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 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
  • 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 Pel
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