van Baalen Surname

230,410th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,756 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Baalen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Baalen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1,1251:15,0112,255
South Africa4101:132,14115,426
United States491:7,397,121336,459
Australia471:574,37741,856
England251:2,228,72284,230
Switzerland221:373,31428,226
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Suriname191:29,0855,642
Sweden101:984,67673,605
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
France21:33,211,361423,184
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

van Baalen Last Name Facts

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

van Baalen has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name van Baalen? popularity and diffusion

van Baalen is the 230,410th most common last name globally, held by around 1 in 4,150,083 people. The last name van Baalen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 68 percent of van Baalen are found; 66 percent are found in Western Europe and 64 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

van Baalen is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 1,125 people, or 1 in 15,011. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: South Holland, where 45 percent live, North Brabant, where 13 percent live and Gelderland, where 10 percent live. Excluding The Netherlands this last name exists in 21 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 23 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

van Baalen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of van Baalen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the van Baalen surname expanded 245 percent between 1880 and 2014.

van Baalen Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Baalen earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 74.63% more than the national average, earning R 414,984 per year and in United States they earn 34.55% more than the national average, earning $58,056 USD per year.

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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
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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
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