van Schil Surname

801,116th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 350 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

van Schil Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Schil Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium3101:37,0866,058
Luxembourg301:19,3514,315
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846

van Schil Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Schil is most common in Belgium. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

The surname van Schil is the 801,116th most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,821,560 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of van Schil live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most common in Belgium, where it is borne by 310 people, or 1 in 37,086. In Belgium it is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 97 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 3 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 0 percent are found. Barring Belgium it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Luxembourg, where 9 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Schilt95476/
van Schild952/
van Schel89165/
van Sil881/
van Schelt84239/
van Schöll8458/
von Schill8447/
Van-Schilt847/
van Scheltt801/
van Syl756/
van Zil752/
von Schell749/
von Scheel747/
van Sell7113/
van Syll714/
van Celt710/
van Zyl6372,635/
van Xyl631/
van Zyll5926/
von Seld5912/
von Seldt561/
Van-Zyl5021/
von Zyl502/

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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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  • 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 Schil
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