Valkenburgh Surname

1,422,956th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 152 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Valkenburgh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Valkenburgh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands861:196,36327,376
United States501:7,249,179331,838
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States321:1,569,33483,036

Valkenburgh (16) may also be a first name.

Valkenburgh Last Name Facts

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

The surname Valkenburgh is most common in The Netherlands. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Valkenburgh.

How Common Is The Last Name Valkenburgh? popularity and diffusion

Valkenburgh is the 1,422,956th most frequent last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 47,944,381 people. The last name Valkenburgh is predominantly found in Europe, where 57 percent of Valkenburgh live; 57 percent live in Western Europe and 57 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,786,762nd most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 16 people.

Valkenburgh is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 86 people, or 1 in 196,363. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: South Holland, where 53 percent are found, North Brabant, where 15 percent are found and Drenthe, where 10 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent are found and South Africa, where 7 percent are found.

Valkenburgh Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Valkenburgh has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Valkenburgh surname expanded 156 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Valkenburgh Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Valkenburgh are 36.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 83.33% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Valkenburgh earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 5.88% less than the national average, earning R 223,668 per year and in United States they earn 31.22% more than the national average, earning $56,618 USD per year.

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Valkenburgh 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 Valkenburgh
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