Vanvuchelen Surname

1,290,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 176 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Vanvuchelen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Vanvuchelen 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
Belgium1711:67,23210,768
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Vanvuchelen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Vanvuchelen occurs more in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Vanvuchelen.

How Common Is The Last Name Vanvuchelen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,290,735th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 41,406,511 people. Vanvuchelen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Vanvuchelen live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is held by 171 people, or 1 in 67,232. In Belgium it is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 96 percent live, Walloon Region, where 3 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent live. Barring Belgium it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 1 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.

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
Vanveuchelen961/
Vanwichelen8213/
Vanvosselen731/

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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 Vanvuchelen
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