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
Vaelen is found most in Belgium. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vaelen? popularity and diffusion
The last name Vaelen is the 1,544,715th most numerous last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 54,384,671 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Vaelen reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Vaelen is also the 1,566,439th most numerous forename in the world. It is borne by 42 people.
The surname Vaelen is most numerous in Belgium, where it is carried by 133 people, or 1 in 86,441. In Belgium Vaelen is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 97 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 2 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Belgium this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.
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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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