van Velse Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
van Velse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 40 | 1:422,179 | 43,576 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
van Velse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Velse Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Velse occurs most in The Netherlands. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Velse? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,876,555th most numerous surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. The surname van Velse is primarily found in Europe, where 87 percent of van Velse reside; 87 percent reside in Western Europe and 87 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 422,179. In The Netherlands van Velse is most frequent in: North Holland, where 60 percent live, Flevoland, where 13 percent live and South Holland, where 13 percent live. Not including The Netherlands van Velse is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Vels | 94 | 46 | / |
| van Velze | 89 | 245 | / |
| van Velzer | 84 | 58 | / |
| van Belser | 84 | 0 | / |
| van Velger | 84 | 0 | / |
| van Wells | 78 | 5 | / |
| von Welser | 74 | 6 | / |
| Van-Velzer | 74 | 5 | / |
| van Bils | 71 | 1 | / |
| von Huels | 67 | 8 | / |
| van Willes | 63 | 6 | / |
| von Belcher | 60 | 1 | / |
| van Vilchez | 60 | 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 Velse
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