van Poele Surname
Approximately 117 people bear this surname
van Poele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 69 | 1:166,618 | 22,787 |
| Netherlands | 37 | 1:456,410 | 45,371 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
van Poele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Poele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Poele occurs most in Belgium. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Poele? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,683,218th most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 62,286,717 people. van Poele is mostly found in Europe, where 91 percent of van Poele reside; 91 percent reside in Western Europe and 89 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is borne by 69 people, or 1 in 166,618. In Belgium van Poele is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 97 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent live and Walloon Region, where 1 percent live. Aside from Belgium this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 32 percent live and Canada, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Poelje | 95 | 189 | / |
| van Poel | 94 | 39 | / |
| van Pele | 94 | 0 | / |
| van Pole | 94 | 0 | / |
| van Poole | 89 | 6 | / |
| Van-Poele | 89 | 4 | / |
| von Pohle | 78 | 13 | / |
| von Poehl | 78 | 4 | / |
| Van-Pouille | 70 | 1 | / |
| von Polla | 67 | 1 | / |
| von Paula | 56 | 1 | / |
| von Putliz | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Poele
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