van Velze Surname

1,028,911th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 245 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Velze Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Velze Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1011:167,20024,400
Thailand811:872,078137,928
South Africa551:985,04961,274
England31:18,572,686338,250
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van Velze Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Velze occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

This last name is the 1,028,911th most widespread family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,745,085 people. van Velze occurs mostly in Europe, where 43 percent of van Velze reside; 42 percent reside in Western Europe and 42 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name van Velze is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 101 people, or 1 in 167,200. In The Netherlands van Velze is most common in: North Holland, where 27 percent are found, Utrecht, where 23 percent are found and South Holland, where 16 percent are found. Beside The Netherlands it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 33 percent are found and South Africa, where 22 percent are found.

van Velze Last Name Statistics demography

van Velze earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 163.27% more than the national average, earning R 625,620 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Velzer9558/
van Velse8946/
Van-Velzer845/
van Velger840/
van Vels8246/
van Belser740/
van Vilchez701/
van Wells675/
von Welser636/
von Belcher601/
van Bils591/
von Huels568/
van Willes536/

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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 Velze
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