Vellema Surname

419,303rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 828 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Vellema Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vellema Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands6341:26,6364,336
United States1071:3,387,467192,132
South Africa651:833,50355,653
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Vellema Last Name Facts

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

Vellema is found most in The Netherlands. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Vellema? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 419,303rd most widely held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 8,801,384 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 77 percent of Vellema reside; 77 percent reside in Western Europe and 77 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 634 people, or 1 in 26,636. In The Netherlands it is most common in: Friesland, where 46 percent live, North Holland, where 15 percent live and South Holland, where 9 percent live. Barring The Netherlands it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent live and South Africa, where 8 percent live.

Vellema Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Vellema last name are 45.82% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 92.59% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Vellema earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 216.29% more than the national average, earning R 751,620 per year; in United States they earn 8.51% less than the national average, earning $39,479 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.47% more than the national average, earning $51,904 CAD per year.

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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 Vellema
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