van Welij Surname
Approximately 183 people bear this surname
van Welij Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 173 | 1:97,614 | 15,899 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Welij Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Welij Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Welij occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Welij? popularity and diffusion
van Welij is the 1,257,535th most frequently used surname globally, held by around 1 in 39,822,655 people. The surname van Welij is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of van Welij are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 173 people, or 1 in 97,614. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: Gelderland, where 25 percent are found, South Holland, where 25 percent are found and North Brabant, where 18 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 2 percent are found and Belgium, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Weelij | 95 | 6 | / |
| van Weli | 94 | 2 | / |
| van Welie | 89 | 784 | / |
| van Welit | 89 | 5 | / |
| van Welli | 89 | 1 | / |
| van Weelie | 84 | 58 | / |
| van Wely | 82 | 641 | / |
| van Wele | 82 | 43 | / |
| van Weele | 78 | 524 | / |
| van Wiele | 78 | 338 | / |
| van Weely | 78 | 61 | / |
| van Welle | 78 | 50 | / |
| van Weles | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Willi | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Wylich | 74 | 4 | / |
| van Wheele | 74 | 2 | / |
| van Wyle | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Wile | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Vele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Van-Wely | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Walle | 67 | 448 | / |
| van Beele | 67 | 101 | / |
| van Huele | 67 | 70 | / |
| van Vijle | 67 | 29 | / |
| van Wille | 67 | 2 | / |
| von Weele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Van-Wiele | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Veele | 67 | 1 | / |
| von Weiler | 63 | 66 | / |
| van Willey | 63 | 2 | / |
| van Vale | 59 | 4 | / |
| van Bile | 59 | 1 | / |
| van Valey | 56 | 25 | / |
| von Wille | 56 | 10 | / |
| van Vilet | 56 | 10 | / |
| von Wyler | 56 | 5 | / |
| Van-Veyle | 56 | 1 | / |
| van Valle | 56 | 1 | / |
| van Bilou | 56 | 1 | / |
| von Belau | 56 | 1 | / |
| von Wiles | 56 | 1 | / |
| von Wiler | 56 | 0 | / |
| van Bailey | 53 | 6 | / |
| von Wolley | 53 | 1 | / |
| von Veiler | 53 | 0 | / |
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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 Welij
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