van Welde Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Welde Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van Welde Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium471:244,60930,321
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

van Welde Last Name Facts

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

van Welde is held by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of van Welde click here.

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

van Welde is the 2,776,799th most widely held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of van Welde are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 94 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 244,609. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 98 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent live. Aside from Belgium it occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent live.

van Welde Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of van Welde has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the van Welde last name fell 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Weelde95138/
van Velde89316/
van Wilde894/
van Wilder84251/
van Veldeu841/
van Velder840/
von Wilde782/
van Vylder741/
van Vledder70161/
von Velda670/

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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 Welde
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