van Wells Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
van Wells Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Wells Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Wells Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Wells occurs in Australia more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of van Wells.
How Common Is The Last Name van Wells? popularity and diffusion
The last name van Wells is the 8,193,072nd most widely held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 60 percent of van Wells are found; 60 percent are found in North America and 60 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
The last name is most commonly held in Australia, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 13,497,850. In Australia van Wells is most frequent in: New South Wales, where 100 percent live. Apart from Australia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 40 percent live and The United States, where 20 percent live.
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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
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