Veelen Surname
Approximately 162 people bear this surname
Veelen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 143 | 1:118,092 | 18,619 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Veelen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Veelen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Veelen has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Veelen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,364,059th most numerous surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 44,984,851 people. Veelen occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Veelen reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is held by 143 people, or 1 in 118,092. In The Netherlands Veelen is primarily found in: Limburg, where 35 percent live, South Holland, where 24 percent live and Gelderland, where 13 percent live. Barring The Netherlands this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 6 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
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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 Veelen
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