van Riël Surname

14,316,765th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

van Riël Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Riël Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

The alternate forms: van Riel (4,856) are calculated separately.

van Riël Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Riël occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: van Riel. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

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

The last name is the 14,316,765th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of van Riël reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 54,177,704. In South Africa van Riël is primarily concentrated in: Western Cape, where 100 percent are found.

van Riël Last Name Statistics demography

van Riël earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 65.61% more than the national average, earning R 393,564 per year.

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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 Riël
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