Oosterwaal Surname
Approximately 351 people bear this surname
Oosterwaal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 290 | 1:58,232 | 10,022 |
| Belgium | 23 | 1:499,854 | 48,667 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| Aruba | 14 | 1:7,391 | 1,045 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Oosterwaal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oosterwaal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oosterwaal is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oosterwaal? popularity and diffusion
Oosterwaal is the 799,576th most numerous family name in the world, held by around 1 in 20,762,239 people. The surname Oosterwaal is predominantly found in Europe, where 89 percent of Oosterwaal live; 89 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 290 people, or 1 in 58,232. In The Netherlands Oosterwaal is most prevalent in: North Brabant, where 49 percent reside, South Holland, where 22 percent reside and Utrecht, where 11 percent reside. Aside from The Netherlands this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 7 percent reside and Australia, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oosterwal | 95 | 95 | / |
| Osterwal | 89 | 1 | / |
| Osterwall | 84 | 2 | / |
| Oosterwold | 80 | 78 | / |
| Osterwaldt | 80 | 4 | / |
| Osterval | 78 | 10 | / |
| Osterweil | 74 | 218 | / |
| Osterwold | 74 | 25 | / |
| Ostervall | 74 | 4 | / |
| Osterbahl | 74 | 1 | / |
| Ostervald | 74 | 0 | / |
| Osterwoldt | 70 | 6 | / |
| Osthervald | 70 | 1 | / |
| Austerwall | 70 | 0 | / |
| Austerwalt | 70 | 0 | / |
| Osterwohldt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Austerwauld | 67 | 0 | / |
| Ostervold | 63 | 36 | / |
| Astervall | 63 | 15 | / |
| Ostervolt | 63 | 0 | / |
| Austerweil | 60 | 16 | / |
| Austerveil | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Oosterwaal
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