van Schelt Surname

1,048,281st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 239 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Schelt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Schelt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1991:84,86014,115
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Suriname11:552,6169,664

van Schelt Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Schelt has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

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

The surname is the 1,048,281st most commonly held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 30,491,824 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 89 percent of van Schelt are found; 88 percent are found in Western Europe and 88 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 199 people, or 1 in 84,860. In The Netherlands van Schelt is primarily found in: South Holland, where 51 percent reside, North Holland, where 11 percent reside and Gelderland, where 10 percent reside. Not including The Netherlands this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.

van Schelt Last Name Statistics demography

van Schelt earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 3.46% less than the national average, earning R 229,404 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Schel95165/
van Scheltt951/
van Schilt90476/
van Celt890/
van Schil84350/
van Shilt841/
van Schöll8058/
von Schell809/
Van-Schilt807/
von Scheel807/
van Schild802/
van Sell7813/
van Zeelt7459/
van Zeldt741/
von Seldt741/
van Syl716/
van Sil711/
von Schill7047/
van Zilt6715/
von Seld6712/
van Syll674/
van Zyl5972,635/
van Zil592/
van Xyl591/
van Zyll5626/
von Zell563/

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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 Schelt
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