Vaelen Surname
Approximately 134 people bear this surname
Vaelen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 133 | 1:86,441 | 13,498 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Vaelen (42) may also be a first name.
Vaelen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vaelen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vaelen occurs in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Vaelen.
How Common Is The Last Name Vaelen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,544,715th most frequently used family name internationally, held by around 1 in 54,384,671 people. The surname Vaelen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Vaelen reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,566,439th most widely held forename globally, held by 42 people.
Vaelen is most common in Belgium, where it is borne by 133 people, or 1 in 86,441. In Belgium Vaelen is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 97 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 2 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Belgium Vaelen occurs in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Vaelen
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