van Pels Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
van Pels Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
van Pels Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Pels Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Pels is found most in Germany. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of van Pels click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Pels? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,206,983rd most frequently used last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 59 percent of van Pels live; 59 percent live in Western Europe and 59 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 6,708,788. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 100 percent reside. Besides Germany this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 41 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Plas | 88 | 7 | / |
| van Pols | 88 | 1 | / |
| Vanpelos | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Pouwels | 84 | 1 | / |
| Vanplas | 80 | 2 | / |
| Vanplus | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Belows | 78 | 0 | / |
| Vanpulis | 75 | 6 | / |
| van Bils | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vanpluis | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vianna Peleias | 73 | 1 | / |
| van Boles | 71 | 29 | / |
| von Pless | 71 | 7 | / |
| Vanopulos | 71 | 2 | / |
| von Pales | 71 | 1 | / |
| Viana Polesi | 70 | 1 | / |
| Vanopoulos | 67 | 31 | / |
| van Bol-Es | 67 | 16 | / |
| von Paulus | 67 | 11 | / |
| van Blooys | 67 | 9 | / |
| Vonpelz | 67 | 1 | / |
| von Bowels | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Bloius | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Pels
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