van Syll Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Syll Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Syll Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

van Syll Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Syll occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

It is the 8,968,613th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname van Syll is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of van Syll live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 5,629,059. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: Gelderland, where 33 percent are found, North Holland, where 33 percent are found and South Holland, where 33 percent are found. Apart from The Netherlands this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Belgium, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Syl936/
van Zyll8826/
van Sell8813/
van Zyl8072,635/
van Sil801/
van Xyl801/
van Schöll7858/
van Schil71350/
van Schel71165/
van Schilt67476/
van Schelt67239/
von Schill6747/
Van-Zyl6721/
von Schell679/
van Zil672/
van Schild672/
von Zyl672/
von Seld6312/
von Zell633/
van Scheltt631/
van Celt630/
von Seldt591/
von Scheel567/
Van-Schilt567/

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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 Syll
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