van Wichelen Surname
Approximately 492 people bear this surname
van Wichelen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 474 | 1:24,255 | 3,828 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
van Wichelen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Wichelen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Wichelen occurs more in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van Wichelen? popularity and diffusion
van Wichelen is the 623,516th most frequently held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 14,812,085 people. van Wichelen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of van Wichelen are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 84 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequently held in Belgium, where it is held by 474 people, or 1 in 24,255. In Belgium it is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 86 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 9 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 5 percent are found. Barring Belgium van Wichelen exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 1 percent are found and Argentina, where 1 percent are found.
van Wichelen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of van Wichelen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the van Wichelen last name contracted 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Wicklen | 87 | 27 | / |
| van Vuchelen | 83 | 4 | / |
| van Wiggelen | 83 | 1 | / |
| van Vegchelen | 80 | 11 | / |
| van Wisseling | 72 | 0 | / |
| van Wisselingh | 69 | 26 | / |
| van Veggelen | 67 | 15 | / |
| van Beggelen | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Wesseling | 64 | 1 | / |
| van Huisseling | 62 | 52 | / |
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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 Wichelen
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