Vanderschelde Surname

2,237,939th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 72 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Vanderschelde Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Vanderschelde Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium651:176,87123,883
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Vanderschelde Last Name Facts

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

The last name Vanderschelde occurs in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vanderschelde? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,237,939th most frequent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 92 percent of Vanderschelde live; 92 percent live in Western Europe and 88 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Vanderschelde is most common in Belgium, where it is held by 65 people, or 1 in 176,871. In Belgium it is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 95 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Belgium this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 8 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
vander Schelde9633/
Vanderscheld963/
Vandershelde962/
van der Schelde93185/
van der Schilde8625/
van der Schild8124/
Vanderschilt8022/
van der Schilt7460/
Vandergilder720/
Wandercilda671/

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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 Vanderschelde
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