van Wezel Surname

222,674th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,830 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Wezel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Wezel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1,5691:10,7631,478
South Africa951:570,29244,274
Australia541:499,92037,885
Belgium361:319,35136,407
England281:1,989,93178,001
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Curaçao41:39,312638
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
France11:66,422,722504,397
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529

van Wezel Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Wezel is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of van Wezel.

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

The last name van Wezel is the 222,674th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 3,982,266 people. van Wezel is primarily found in Europe, where 90 percent of van Wezel live; 89 percent live in Western Europe and 88 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 1,569 people, or 1 in 10,763. In The Netherlands van Wezel is primarily concentrated in: North Brabant, where 29 percent live, South Holland, where 23 percent live and Gelderland, where 13 percent live. Other than The Netherlands this surname exists in 20 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 5 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.

van Wezel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of van Wezel has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name rose 560 percent between 1881 and 2014.

van Wezel Last Name Statistics demography

van Wezel earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 42.19% more than the national average, earning R 337,908 per year.

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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 Wezel
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