van Schellen Surname
Approximately 92 people bear this surname
van Schellen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 52 | 1:324,753 | 37,631 |
| Australia | 38 | 1:710,413 | 47,396 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
van Schellen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Schellen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Schellen occurs most in The Netherlands. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Schellen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,943,350th most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. The last name van Schellen is primarily found in Europe, where 57 percent of van Schellen reside; 57 percent reside in Western Europe and 57 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 52 people, or 1 in 324,753. In The Netherlands it is most common in: Overijssel, where 58 percent are found, Utrecht, where 21 percent are found and Zeeland, where 12 percent are found. Excluding The Netherlands van Schellen is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 41 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanschellen | 96 | 1 | / |
| van Sehellen | 92 | 1 | / |
| van Schelling | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Schalen | 87 | 35 | / |
| von Schallen | 83 | 38 | / |
| van Schlun | 82 | 6 | / |
| van Selling | 78 | 28 | / |
| Vonschallen | 78 | 17 | / |
| van Skellin | 78 | 0 | / |
| Vanschlun | 76 | 1 | / |
| von Schalien | 75 | 5 | / |
| Vanschouwlen | 75 | 2 | / |
| von Zellen | 73 | 1 | / |
| von Schilling | 72 | 129 | / |
| Vonschillin | 70 | 1 | / |
| Vanshulin | 67 | 12 | / |
| Vanshulina | 64 | 2 | / |
| Von-Zellen | 64 | 1 | / |
| Feyen-Scheelen | 62 | 1 | / |
| Vanshaljian | 61 | 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 Schellen
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