Valkenburg Surname

151,937th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,898 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Valkenburg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Valkenburg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2,2721:7,433889
United States2611:1,388,73296,054
Canada1031:357,72432,292
Australia841:321,37727,634
South Africa551:985,04961,274
Belgium261:442,17945,013
Germany171:4,735,615183,652
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Spain131:3,596,31069,669
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
England91:6,190,895170,599
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
France41:16,605,680368,153
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland161:276,86711,455
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States371:1,357,26274,323

Valkenburg (58) may also be a first name.

Valkenburg Last Name Facts

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

The last name Valkenburg is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Valkenburg? popularity and diffusion

Valkenburg is the 151,937th most frequently occurring family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 2,514,681 people. Valkenburg occurs predominantly in Europe, where 81 percent of Valkenburg reside; 80 percent reside in Western Europe and 80 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Valkenburg is also the 1,295,729th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 58 people.

The surname is most common in The Netherlands, where it is held by 2,272 people, or 1 in 7,433. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: South Holland, where 22 percent are found, Utrecht, where 21 percent are found and North Brabant, where 19 percent are found. Barring The Netherlands this surname exists in 25 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 9 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.

Valkenburg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Valkenburg has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Valkenburg surname rose 705 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 87 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Valkenburg Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Valkenburg surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Valkenburg last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Valkenburg earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 46.89% more than the national average, earning R 349,056 per year; in United States they earn 3.99% more than the national average, earning $44,871 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.58% less than the national average, earning $49,396 CAD per year.

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Valkenburg Reference & Research

Valkenburg FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Valkenburg
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