van de Paal Surname

2,506,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 59 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van de Paal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van de Paal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands561:301,55735,980
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Suriname11:552,6169,664

van de Paal Last Name Facts

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

The surname van de Paal is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name van de Paal? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,506,728th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. The last name van de Paal occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of van de Paal reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 56 people, or 1 in 301,557. In The Netherlands van de Paal is primarily found in: North Brabant, where 66 percent reside, Utrecht, where 13 percent reside and Limburg, where 11 percent reside. Beside The Netherlands this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in China, where 2 percent reside and Norway, where 2 percent reside.

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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 van de Paal
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