van Pol Surname

489,550th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 677 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Pol Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Pol Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands6141:27,5044,508
Belgium371:310,72035,739
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
France31:22,140,907385,998
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

van Pol Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name van Pol Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname van Pol is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

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

This surname is the 489,550th most frequent family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 10,764,470 people. van Pol is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of van Pol live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most common in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 614 people, or 1 in 27,504. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: Limburg, where 66 percent are found, North Brabant, where 14 percent are found and North Holland, where 8 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 5 percent are found and Germany, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Poll93201/
van Poel9339/
van Pool9338/
van Pold931/
van Pole930/
van Poole886/
van Pul86390/
van Paul805/
von Pohl805/
van Palt803/
Van-Poll802/
van Puil801/
van Phul800/
von Pohle7513/
von Poehl754/
van Passel71497/
von Possel7176/
von Phul6713/
von Paul675/
von Paal673/
von Possell671/
von Pfuhl6311/
von Pfahl632/

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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 Pol
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