van den Dool Surname

392,160th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 902 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van den Dool Surname User-submission:

Van den Dool owes its name to Den Dool, a small area of farmlands between Noordeloos and Meerkerk, on the higher grounds surrounding a horst situated in the Rhine-Meuse delta. Nearby the archaeological site of Molenaarsbeek, this region is known to have been inhabited already by c.

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van den Dool Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands7341:23,0073,690
South Africa591:918,26658,838
Thailand351:2,018,238239,646
Australia191:1,420,82673,129
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
United States81:45,307,367917,113
England71:7,959,723202,100
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
France31:22,140,907385,998
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

van den Dool Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Van den Dool owes its name to Den Dool, a small area of farmlands between Noordeloos and Meerkerk, on the higher grounds surrounding a horst situated in the Rhine-Meuse delta. Nearby the archaeological site of Molenaarsbeek, this region is known to have been inhabited already by c. 2200 BC. Nowadays it belongs to the municipality Giessenlanden, Netherlands.

As far we know all carriers of the surname descend of a single ancestor: Jan van den Dool, born ~1500 in Den Dool, Noordeloos.

- rokus01

Y-DNA haplogroup R1b-U106-L257 was tested for one male Dutch member.This should be the patrilineal marker for all true members of the Van den Dool lineage.

- rokus01

van den Dool Last Name Facts

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

van den Dool occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name van den Dool? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 392,160th most common family name globally, borne by around 1 in 8,079,319 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 85 percent of van den Dool live; 83 percent live in Western Europe and 83 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most common in The Netherlands, where it is held by 734 people, or 1 in 23,007. In The Netherlands van den Dool is primarily found in: South Holland, where 46 percent live, Utrecht, where 15 percent live and Gelderland, where 10 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands van den Dool is found in 17 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 7 percent live and Thailand, where 4 percent live.

van den Dool Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van den Dool earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 62.66% more than the national average, earning R 386,544 per year and in Canada they earn 19.98% more than the national average, earning $59,610 CAD per year.

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