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 is found in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Vaelen click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vaelen? popularity and diffusion
The surname Vaelen is the 1,544,715th most frequent last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 54,384,671 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Vaelen live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,566,439th most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 42 people.
The surname Vaelen is most frequently occurring in Belgium, where it is borne by 133 people, or 1 in 86,441. In Belgium it is most prevalent in: Flemish Region, where 97 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 2 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Belgium this surname occurs in one country. It is also found 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
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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 Vaelen
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