van Zele Surname

591,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 527 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Zele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Zele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium5031:22,8563,596
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
France21:33,211,361423,184
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

van Zele Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Zele is found most in Belgium. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

It is the 591,720th most commonly held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,828,360 people. The last name van Zele is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of van Zele live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is carried by 503 people, or 1 in 22,856. In Belgium van Zele is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 99 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 1 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 0 percent are found. Without taking into account Belgium this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Argentina, where 1 percent are found.

van Zele Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of van Zele has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the van Zele surname expanded 122 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
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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 Zele
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