van der Malen Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van der Malen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van der Malen Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands281:603,11352,179
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

van der Malen Last Name Facts

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

The last name van der Malen is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name van der Malen? popularity and diffusion

van der Malen is the 3,665,662nd most prevalent surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of van der Malen are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname van der Malen is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 603,113. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: South Holland, where 57 percent live, Utrecht, where 39 percent live and North Brabant, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account The Netherlands this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Belgium, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van der Maelen96276/
van der Maalen962/
van der Mallen961/
van der Maulen961/
van der Molen926,009/
van der Melen927/
van de Maelen921/
van der Meulen8912,960/
van der Moolen89452/
van der Muilen898/
van der Moulen894/
van de Molen8853/
van der Meullen867/
van der Meuleen861/
van de Meulen8514/
van-der Molen853/
van der Melin851/
von der Molen851/
von der Mohlen816/
von der Möhlen812/
van de Meullen811/
Van-Der-Molen772/
van der Molina748/
Van-Der-Meulen742/
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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 der Malen
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