van Schel Surname
Approximately 165 people bear this surname
van Schel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 162 | 1:70,967 | 11,334 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
van Schel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Schel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Schel occurs in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of van Schel click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Schel? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,348,199th most commonly occurring surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 44,166,945 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of van Schel reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 90 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequent in Belgium, where it is borne by 162 people, or 1 in 70,967. In Belgium van Schel is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 92 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 6 percent live and Walloon Region, where 2 percent live. Beside Belgium van Schel occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in France, where 1 percent live and Tunisia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Schelt | 95 | 239 | / |
| van Scheltt | 90 | 1 | / |
| van Schil | 89 | 350 | / |
| van Schilt | 84 | 476 | / |
| van Schöll | 84 | 58 | / |
| von Schell | 84 | 9 | / |
| von Scheel | 84 | 7 | / |
| van Schild | 84 | 2 | / |
| van Sell | 82 | 13 | / |
| van Celt | 82 | 0 | / |
| van Syl | 75 | 6 | / |
| van Sil | 75 | 1 | / |
| von Schill | 74 | 47 | / |
| Van-Schilt | 74 | 7 | / |
| von Seld | 71 | 12 | / |
| van Syll | 71 | 4 | / |
| von Seldt | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Zyl | 63 | 72,635 | / |
| van Zil | 63 | 2 | / |
| van Xyl | 63 | 1 | / |
| van Zyll | 59 | 26 | / |
| von Zell | 59 | 3 | / |
| Van-Zyl | 50 | 21 | / |
| von Zyl | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Schel
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