van Poel Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
van Poel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 33 | 1:348,383 | 38,592 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
van Poel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Poel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Poel is held by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of van Poel.
How Common Is The Last Name van Poel? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,141,416th most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of van Poel are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name van Poel is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 348,383. In Belgium van Poel is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 100 percent are found. Not including Belgium van Poel exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 13 percent are found and France, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Poele | 94 | 117 | / |
| van Pol | 93 | 677 | / |
| van Pel | 93 | 246 | / |
| van Pelt | 88 | 7,501 | / |
| van Poll | 88 | 201 | / |
| van Peel | 88 | 173 | / |
| van Pool | 88 | 38 | / |
| van Pell | 88 | 7 | / |
| van Pelp | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Pelh | 88 | 0 | / |
| van Poole | 82 | 6 | / |
| von Poehl | 82 | 4 | / |
| Van-Poele | 82 | 4 | / |
| van Peldt | 82 | 0 | / |
| van Pul | 80 | 390 | / |
| Van-Powell | 78 | 1 | / |
| Van-Pelt | 75 | 22 | / |
| van Paul | 75 | 5 | / |
| Van-Poll | 75 | 2 | / |
| van Pilt | 75 | 2 | / |
| van Puil | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Phul | 75 | 0 | / |
| van Pflt | 75 | 0 | / |
| von Pelt | 75 | 0 | / |
| von Pfeil | 71 | 25 | / |
| von Peiold | 67 | 1 | / |
| von Phul | 63 | 13 | / |
| von Paul | 63 | 5 | / |
| Van-Pouille | 63 | 1 | / |
| Van-Plet | 63 | 1 | / |
| von Pfuhl | 59 | 11 | / |
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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 Poel
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis