van Velde Surname
Approximately 316 people bear this surname
van Velde Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 278 | 1:60,745 | 10,452 |
| Germany | 30 | 1:2,683,515 | 132,064 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
van Velde Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Velde Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Velde is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Velde? popularity and diffusion
van Velde is the 860,770th most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 23,061,854 people. The surname van Velde is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of van Velde are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 278 people, or 1 in 60,745. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: South Holland, where 44 percent live, Gelderland, where 19 percent live and Utrecht, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account The Netherlands this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 9 percent live and Belgium, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Veldeu | 95 | 1 | / |
| van Velder | 95 | 0 | / |
| van Welde | 89 | 49 | / |
| van Weelde | 84 | 138 | / |
| van Vylder | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Vledder | 80 | 161 | / |
| von Felde | 78 | 17 | / |
| van Wilde | 78 | 4 | / |
| von Velda | 78 | 0 | / |
| van Wilder | 74 | 251 | / |
| von Felder | 74 | 0 | / |
| von Wilde | 67 | 2 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Velde
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