Oppewal Surname

1,300,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 174 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Oppewal Surname User-submission:

Oppewal is a Frisian surname. Fryslân (Friesland) is a region in the North of the Netherlands with its own language: Frysian (Frysk, Fries). The Oppewal surname comes from the Frisian words oppe wal, which mean 'on the riverbed'.

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Oppewal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1331:126,97119,799
United States311:11,692,224454,091
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947

Oppewal Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Oppewal is a Frisian surname. Fryslân (Friesland) is a region in the North of the Netherlands with its own language: Frysian (Frysk, Fries). The Oppewal surname comes from the Frisian words oppe wal, which mean 'on the riverbed'.

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Oppewal Last Name Facts

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

The last name Oppewal is most common in The Netherlands. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Oppewal? popularity and diffusion

Oppewal is the 1,300,225th most frequently used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 41,882,448 people. Oppewal is mostly found in Europe, where 77 percent of Oppewal are found; 76 percent are found in Western Europe and 76 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Oppewal is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 133 people, or 1 in 126,971. In The Netherlands Oppewal is mostly concentrated in: Friesland, where 50 percent reside, Groningen, where 18 percent reside and North Holland, where 15 percent reside. Aside from The Netherlands this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 18 percent reside and Australia, where 5 percent reside.

Oppewal Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Oppewal surname are 36.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 83.33% being registered with the political party.

Oppewal earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.77% more than the national average, earning $44,344 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oppewall9364/
Opewale863/
Oypewale803/
Opewole715/
Opevalova6355/
Apawal621/
Apeval621/
Gopival57142/
Aphawal571/
Happaval5316/
Aspevall5315/
Ospevoll5311/
Aspiwall531/
Apevalova50166/
Opivalova5033/
Opyvalova509/

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