de Wals Surname

1,173,425th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 203 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Wals Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Wals 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
Netherlands1521:111,10017,774
Belgium411:280,40633,354
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

de Wals Last Name Facts

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

de Wals has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

de Wals is the 1,173,425th most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 35,899,241 people. The surname de Wals occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of de Wals live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name de Wals is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 152 people, or 1 in 111,100. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: Overijssel, where 69 percent live, Gelderland, where 11 percent live and North Brabant, where 11 percent live. Besides The Netherlands it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 20 percent live and Canada, where 2 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 Wahls931/
de Walse931/
de Vals8634/
de Bals861/
de Walsche82309/
de Vales80111/
de Valls801/
de Bales801/
de Balls800/
de Valles7587/
de Vaulse750/
de Vaulx67281/
de Veles672/
da Valls671/
de Valez671/
de Vaucelles6341/
de Vallez632/
de Velez53260/
de Vélez534/
De-Vaulx533/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Wals
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