Vanelsen Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Belgium

Vanelsen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vanelsen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States471:7,711,892346,147
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Vanelsen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Vanelsen has its highest incidence in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vanelsen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,746,821st most frequently occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Vanelsen reside; 96 percent reside in North America and 96 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 7,711,892. In The United States Vanelsen is primarily found in: Iowa, where 43 percent are found, Wisconsin, where 30 percent are found and Minnesota, where 19 percent are found. Other than The United States this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 4 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.

Vanelsen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Vanelsen has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 4,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Vanelsen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Vanelsen last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

Vanelsen earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.28% less than the national average, earning $42,167 USD per year.

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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
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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 Vanelsen
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