van Steele Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

van Steele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Steele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479

van Steele Last Name Facts

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

van Steele is more frequently found in Canada than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

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

The last name van Steele is the 6,360,413th most widely held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname van Steele occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of van Steele live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most common in Canada, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 7,369,118. In Canada van Steele is primarily found in: British Columbia, where 100 percent reside. Beside Canada this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 44 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Stelle9031/
von Steele901/
van Steil840/
van Steytler821/
van Stalle80155/
van Styles801/
van Stuyle800/
van Stichel76491/
van Stolley761/
van Stijl741/
von Stile741/

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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 Steele
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