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 is most common in Belgium. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Poele? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,683,218th most widespread family name globally, held by around 1 in 62,286,717 people. The surname van Poele is predominantly found in Europe, where 91 percent of van Poele live; 91 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most widely held in Belgium, where it is carried by 69 people, or 1 in 166,618. In Belgium van Poele is primarily found in: Flemish Region, where 97 percent reside, Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 1 percent reside. Beside Belgium this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 32 percent reside and Canada, where 9 percent reside.
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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