Vanwichelen Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Vanwichelen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Vanwichelen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vanwichelen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vanwichelen is found in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vanwichelen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,391,485th most frequently held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 69 percent of Vanwichelen reside; 69 percent reside in Western Europe and 38 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Belgium, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 1,277,405. In Belgium it is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 56 percent reside, Brussels Capital Region, where 22 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 22 percent reside. Apart from Belgium this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 23 percent reside and Benin, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanwicklen | 86 | 90 | / |
| Vanuchelen | 86 | 18 | / |
| Vanvuchelen | 82 | 176 | / |
| Vancholen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vanveuchelen | 78 | 1 | / |
| Vanchaluen | 76 | 1 | / |
| Vanchaleun | 76 | 1 | / |
| Wanwicklen | 76 | 1 | / |
| Vinchelin | 70 | 38 | / |
| Vanchulin | 70 | 1 | / |
| Vanveggelen | 64 | 12 | / |
| Fanchlin | 63 | 0 | / |
| Fonchalen | 60 | 6 | / |
| Vinchalin | 60 | 1 | / |
| Venchalnyy | 57 | 14 | / |
| Venchalnyi | 57 | 10 | / |
| Phonchalen | 57 | 1 | / |
| Venchalnaya | 55 | 11 | / |
| Phonchaluen | 55 | 1 | / |
| Phonchaleun | 55 | 1 | / |
| Finch Allen | 55 | 1 | / |
| Phonechaleun | 52 | 9 | / |
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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 Vanwichelen
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