van Ziel Surname

1,484,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 142 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Ziel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Ziel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1401:120,62318,951
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

van Ziel Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Ziel is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

This last name is the 1,484,726th most numerous last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 51,320,746 people. van Ziel occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of van Ziel reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 140 people, or 1 in 120,623. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: Utrecht, where 44 percent are found, Gelderland, where 27 percent are found and South Holland, where 11 percent are found. Beside The Netherlands this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Zil932/
van Giel88404/
van Zilt8815/
van Zl862/
van Zeelt8259/
van Zeldt821/
van Zyl8072,635/
van Sil801/
van Zÿl801/
van Zyll7526/
van Sell7513/
von Zell753/
van Jill751/
van Zhyl751/
van Jeel751/
van Gill751/
van Gell750/
van Gilt750/
van Gysel71927/
Van-Zyl6721/
van Gyssel6715/
von Zyl672/
von Gil671/
van Schl631/
van Slet630/
van Slett5919/
Van-Gysel597/
Von-Gelt501/

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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 Ziel
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