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Where Does The Last Name Vel Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Vel (Hindi: वेल, Marathi: वेल, Oriya: ଏ) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Vėl. For other potential spellings of Vel click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vel? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 45,715^th most commonly used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 642,414 people. The last name Vel occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of Vel are found; 65 percent are found in South Asia and 62 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 89,207^th most widespread first name internationally. It is borne by 5,632 people.

The surname Vel is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 6,650 people, or 1 in 115,348. In India Vel is most numerous in: Tamil Nadu, where 62 percent live, Karnataka, where 4 percent live and Pondicherry, where 2 percent live. Apart from India Vel is found in 98 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 5 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 5 percent live.

Vel Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Orthodox (78%) in Ukraine.

In The United States Vel are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.14% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Vel earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 26.57% less than the national average, earning R 174,492 per year; in United States they earn 6.86% more than the national average, earning $46,107 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.54% less than the national average, earning $39,976 CAD per year.