de Waal Surname

35,285th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,981 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Waal Surname Definition:

French-speaking person from Belgium (Walloon).

de Waal Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa7,9801:6,789875
Netherlands5,6651:2,981230
Namibia3321:7,2571,426
Australia2081:129,78714,130
Canada1581:233,20022,307
England1191:468,21930,572
Belgium1181:97,42914,924
United States941:3,855,946211,262
New Zealand731:62,0329,583
United Arab Emirates361:254,50817,423
Austria331:258,04330,255
France271:2,460,101186,232
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Denmark201:282,23621,168
Germany201:4,025,273167,743
Sweden181:547,04239,827
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Curaçao41:39,312638
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Show All Nations
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

de Waal (48) may also be a first name.

de Waal Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

French-speaking person from Belgium (Walloon).

— South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(Dutch/Flemish), the Walloon, or Native of Liege.

— Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon
DNA test information
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de Waal Demographics

Average Male de Waal Height

174.63 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 24 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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de Waal Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Waal is found most frequently in South Africa. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Waal? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 35,285th most commonly held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 486,453 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 56 percent of de Waal reside; 56 percent reside in Southern Africa and 55 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. de Waal is also the 1,448,253rd most widely held given name on earth, borne by 48 people.

de Waal is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 7,980 people, or 1 in 6,789. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Western Cape, where 31 percent live, Gauteng, where 27 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 11 percent live. Besides South Africa this surname is found in 47 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 38 percent live and Namibia, where 2 percent live.

de Waal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of de Waal has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the de Waal last name grew 3,133 percent between 1880 and 2014.

de Waal Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Waal earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 64.85% more than the national average, earning R 391,740 per year; in United States they earn 34.69% more than the national average, earning $58,117 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.83% more than the national average, earning $56,553 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
der Waal932/
de Waale931/
de Wal92634/
de Vaal861,037/
de Wall86221/
de Wald8659/
de Wahl8634/
De-Waal8611/
der Wal8610/
de Wale868/
de Waël861/
de Walle80198/
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de Waële801/
de Val77765/
de Bal77268/
de Vale71220/
de Vall71117/
de Vaul7143/
De-Vaal7134/
de Vahl7126/
de Woul7120/
de Weil7115/
de Bail715/
da Wale715/
De-Wahl714/
de Beal714/
De-Wald712/
de Wool711/
de Wold711/
de Hval711/
de Baul711/
da Walt711/
de Vald710/
de Valt710/
de Ball710/
de Valle67919/
de Vault6782/
de Veale6714/
de Wolle678/
da Watil678/
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