Dewaelheyns Surname

767,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 371 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Dewaelheyns Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Dewaelheyns 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
Belgium3671:31,3265,067
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Dewaelheyns Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dewaelheyns is found most in Belgium. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dewaelheyns? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 767,694th most commonly held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 19,642,981 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Dewaelheyns live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 75 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Belgium, where it is carried by 367 people, or 1 in 31,326. In Belgium Dewaelheyns is primarily found in: Flemish Region, where 76 percent live, Walloon Region, where 22 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 3 percent live. Barring Belgium Dewaelheyns exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Brazil, where 0 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
Dewalheyns9550/
Dewaelhens9514/
Dewaelhyns951/
Dewelheyns951/
Deawaelhens911/
Dewaelhyens911/
Dewalhens9011/
Devalans631/
Devalians600/
Davalahans573/

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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 Dewaelheyns
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