Dewallef Surname

1,422,956th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 152 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Dewallef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dewallef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1481:77,68012,268
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607

Dewallef Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dewallef occurs in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dewallef? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,422,956th most numerous family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 47,944,381 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Dewallef live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 67 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Dewallef is most common in Belgium, where it is carried by 148 people, or 1 in 77,680. In Belgium Dewallef is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 69 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 28 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 3 percent are found. Barring Belgium this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 1 percent are found and Benin, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dewalleff948/
Dewalllef941/
Dewalef931/
Dewaleff888/
Dewailef881/
Dewaleffe8214/
Dovelef671/
Devalebh631/
Devaleva631/
Dovalev5324/
Dybalev5314/
Davalev535/
Davelev531/
Devaliv531/
Debalib531/
Develev531/
Dovhalev50143/
Davaliev506/
Davaleiv503/
Devalova502/
Dovaliev501/
Dhavalev501/
Divaleva501/

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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 Dewallef
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