van Veelen Surname

272,669th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,427 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Veelen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Veelen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1,3071:12,9211,879
South Africa451:1,203,94968,637
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
England41:13,929,515290,718
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

van Veelen Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Veelen is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

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

It is the 272,669th most numerous last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 5,106,900 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of van Veelen live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 1,307 people, or 1 in 12,921. In The Netherlands van Veelen is most common in: South Holland, where 36 percent are found, North Holland, where 18 percent are found and Gelderland, where 18 percent are found. Outside of The Netherlands van Veelen exists in 15 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 3 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

van Veelen Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Veelen earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 86.5% more than the national average, earning R 443,184 per year and in Canada they earn 5.08% less than the national average, earning $47,157 CAD per year.

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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 Veelen
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