Vercoelen Surname

1,785,358th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 106 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Vercoelen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vercoelen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands941:179,65125,733
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Vercoelen Last Name Facts

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

Vercoelen is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Vercoelen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,785,358th most prevalent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 68,750,433 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 92 percent of Vercoelen live; 90 percent live in Western Europe and 90 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 94 people, or 1 in 179,651. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: North Brabant, where 72 percent are found, Limburg, where 21 percent are found and Flevoland, where 5 percent are found. Apart from The Netherlands this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 7 percent are found and New Zealand, where 2 percent are found.

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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 Vercoelen
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