von Bell Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

von Bell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

von Bell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland161:343,54424,270
Sweden131:757,44356,422
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

von Bell Last Name Facts

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

The surname von Bell is found in Finland more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name von Bell? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,543,123rd most common last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of von Bell reside; 94 percent reside in Northern Europe and 94 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Finland, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 343,544. In Finland it is most numerous in: Uusimaa, where 69 percent are found, Kainuu, where 19 percent are found and Pirkanmaa, where 13 percent are found. Besides Finland von Bell exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 42 percent are found and Ghana, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
von Well8849/
van Bell8826/
von Biel8818/
Von-Bell881/
von Belt880/
van Belle825,143/
von Boehl821/
van Bel80348/
van Bael751,829/
van Well751,165/
van Buel75238/
von Will757/
von Böhl753/
van Belt752/
Van-Bell752/
von Bihl751/
van Biel750/
Van-Belle7125/
van Wel67761/
von Wyl67559/
von Wil674/
von Vil671/
van Byl670/

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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 von Bell
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