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 occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Veelen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,364,059th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 44,984,851 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Veelen live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 143 people, or 1 in 118,092. In The Netherlands Veelen is most common in: Limburg, where 35 percent reside, South Holland, where 24 percent reside and Gelderland, where 13 percent reside. Excluding The Netherlands Veelen is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 6 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Veelen
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