van Zaelen Surname
Approximately 184 people bear this surname
van Zaelen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 181 | 1:63,517 | 10,203 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Zaelen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Zaelen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Zaelen is found in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Zaelen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,252,959th most commonly used family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 39,606,228 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of van Zaelen live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.
van Zaelen is most numerous in Belgium, where it is held by 181 people, or 1 in 63,517. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 100 percent are found. Beside Belgium van Zaelen occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Zalen | 95 | 183 | / |
| van Zoelen | 90 | 1,121 | / |
| van Zaalen | 90 | 131 | / |
| van Saelen | 90 | 38 | / |
| van Zeilen | 90 | 19 | / |
| van Zeylen | 90 | 2 | / |
| van Zeelen | 90 | 1 | / |
| van Zaelem | 90 | 1 | / |
| van Salen | 84 | 2 | / |
| van Zeggelen | 82 | 8 | / |
| van Zuylen | 80 | 1,348 | / |
| van Soelen | 80 | 848 | / |
| van Zuilen | 80 | 783 | / |
| van Ceulen | 80 | 42 | / |
| van Gealen | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Coelen | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Seilen | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Zuijlen | 76 | 1,109 | / |
| van Solen | 74 | 2 | / |
| von Salen | 74 | 0 | / |
| von Seelen | 70 | 114 | / |
| van Suilen | 70 | 35 | / |
| van Suylen | 70 | 10 | / |
| von Sehlen | 70 | 4 | / |
| Van-Zuilen | 70 | 2 | / |
| van Cuylen | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Sollen | 70 | 0 | / |
| van Suijlen | 67 | 15 | / |
| von Coellen | 67 | 6 | / |
| von Coelln | 60 | 9 | / |
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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 Zaelen
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis