van Vels Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
van Vels Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 35 | 1:482,491 | 46,668 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
van Vels Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Vels Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Vels is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Vels? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,876,555th most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. The surname van Vels occurs predominantly in Europe, where 76 percent of van Vels live; 76 percent live in Western Europe and 76 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 482,491. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: Overijssel, where 54 percent are found, South Holland, where 40 percent are found and Drenthe, where 3 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent are found and New Zealand, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Velse | 94 | 46 | / |
| Vanvels | 93 | 101 | / |
| van Velsae | 89 | 0 | / |
| Vanvelse | 88 | 21 | / |
| van Vals | 88 | 17 | / |
| Vanvells | 88 | 1 | / |
| Vanvelsi | 88 | 0 | / |
| van Hoovels | 84 | 127 | / |
| van Hoevels | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Velze | 82 | 245 | / |
| van Vaals | 82 | 78 | / |
| van Vlies | 82 | 18 | / |
| van Wells | 82 | 5 | / |
| van Vlees | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Vales | 82 | 0 | / |
| Vanvelsie | 82 | 0 | / |
| Viana Veloso | 80 | 16 | / |
| van Felius | 78 | 204 | / |
| Vanhoovels | 78 | 5 | / |
| von Veloso | 78 | 1 | / |
| Viana Velloso | 76 | 4 | / |
| Vianna Veloso | 76 | 2 | / |
| Vanvaals | 75 | 7 | / |
| Vanvales | 75 | 4 | / |
| Vanvelze | 75 | 2 | / |
| Vanvilis | 75 | 2 | / |
| van Bils | 75 | 1 | / |
| von Fels | 75 | 1 | / |
| Viana Vilas | 74 | 20 | / |
| Vianna Velloso | 73 | 5 | / |
| Vanvallis | 71 | 22 | / |
| von Huels | 71 | 8 | / |
| Venivelso | 71 | 7 | / |
| van Faals | 71 | 5 | / |
| Vanivalas | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Valza | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Falls | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vinaveles | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Fluis | 71 | 0 | / |
| Vianna Vilas | 70 | 4 | / |
| Viana Velozo | 70 | 2 | / |
| Viana Veloza | 70 | 2 | / |
| Viana Villas | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Valzah | 67 | 23 | / |
| von Villas | 67 | 13 | / |
| van Willes | 67 | 6 | / |
| Vainivilas | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Afilus | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Fowles | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Vels
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