van Dalen Surname

60,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,264 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Dalen Surname Definition:

From place name in Drente, Holland.

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van Dalen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands6,1961:2,725201
South Africa1,2791:42,3595,415
United States1871:1,938,283125,322
Australia1201:224,96421,387
Canada981:375,97533,576
New Zealand761:59,5839,301
Belgium731:157,48821,805
Germany441:1,829,670103,431
Suriname321:17,2694,028
England301:1,857,26974,552
France291:2,290,439180,028
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Sweden131:757,44356,422
Venezuela81:3,775,51036,567
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

van Dalen Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From place name in Drente, Holland.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(Dutch/Flemish), of the Dales. ten Dall, at the Dale or Vale.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

User-submitted Reference

Van Dalen is a toponym, meaning 'from/of the valleys'.

- anonymous submission

van Dalen Last Name Facts

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

van Dalen is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

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

The surname is the 60,888th most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 881,842 people. The last name van Dalen is primarily found in Europe, where 78 percent of van Dalen live; 77 percent live in Western Europe and 76 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 6,196 people, or 1 in 2,725. In The Netherlands van Dalen is mostly concentrated in: South Holland, where 30 percent reside, Gelderland, where 16 percent reside and North Holland, where 12 percent reside. Not including The Netherlands it is found in 37 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 15 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

van Dalen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of van Dalen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the van Dalen surname rose 1,700 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 3,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.

van Dalen Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Dalen earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 55.54% less than the national average, earning S/. 8,618 per year; in South Africa they earn 49.57% more than the national average, earning R 355,440 per year; in United States they earn 44.87% more than the national average, earning $62,512 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.58% more than the national average, earning $62,889 CAD per year.

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