van Welsen Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
van Welsen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 36 | 1:469,088 | 46,010 |
| Turkey | 6 | 1:12,970,237 | 144,247 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
van Welsen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Welsen Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Welsen is most common in The Netherlands. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Welsen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,979,664th most common family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 86 percent of van Welsen reside; 84 percent reside in Western Europe and 84 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 469,088. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: South Holland, where 31 percent reside, North Holland, where 28 percent reside and Overijssel, where 22 percent reside. Other than The Netherlands it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Turkey, where 14 percent reside and Greece, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Velsen | 90 | 1,228 | / |
| van Welzen | 90 | 284 | / |
| van Welsem | 90 | 108 | / |
| van Belsen | 90 | 25 | / |
| van Uelsen | 90 | 8 | / |
| van Wilsen | 90 | 2 | / |
| van Huelsen | 86 | 1 | / |
| van Weilzen | 86 | 1 | / |
| van Velzen | 80 | 6,311 | / |
| van Belzen | 80 | 1,371 | / |
| van Bilsen | 80 | 630 | / |
| van Wilgen | 80 | 397 | / |
| van Wilsem | 80 | 129 | / |
| van Velson | 80 | 28 | / |
| von Velsen | 80 | 5 | / |
| van Wilson | 80 | 5 | / |
| Van-Velsen | 80 | 3 | / |
| van Velsem | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Velsan | 80 | 0 | / |
| von Huelsen | 76 | 19 | / |
| van Bilzen | 70 | 72 | / |
| Van-Velson | 70 | 5 | / |
| Van-Belzen | 70 | 4 | / |
| von Wilson | 70 | 3 | / |
| Van-Velzen | 70 | 2 | / |
| Van-Wilgen | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Vlezen | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Velzin | 70 | 1 | / |
| von Vlesen | 70 | 1 | / |
| von Velson | 70 | 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
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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 Welsen
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