de Wahl Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

de Wahl Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Wahl 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
Sweden231:428,12030,474
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

de Wahl Last Name Facts

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

de Wahl is found most in Sweden. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

de Wahl is the 3,373,373rd most numerous last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 88 percent of de Wahl live; 82 percent live in Northern Europe and 82 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname de Wahl is most widespread in Sweden, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 428,120. In Sweden de Wahl is most frequent in: Stockholm County, where 57 percent live, Skåne County, where 22 percent live and Västernorrland County, where 22 percent live. Beside Sweden this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 15 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.

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
de Wal92634/
de Waal8614,981/
de Wall86221/
de Wald8659/
de Vahl8626/
der Wal8610/
de Wale868/
De-Wahl864/
de Waël861/
de Walle80198/
der Walt8024/
der Waal802/
de Waële801/
de Vahle801/
de Waale801/
de Val77765/
de Bal77268/
de Vaal711,037/
de Vale71220/
de Vall71117/
de Vaul7143/
de Woul7120/
de Weil7115/
De-Waal7111/
da Wale715/
de Bail715/
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/
de Bouhl670/
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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 de Wahl
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