van der Paal Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
van der Paal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 64 | 1:263,862 | 33,208 |
| Belgium | 48 | 1:239,513 | 29,891 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
van der Paal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Paal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van der Paal is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Paal? popularity and diffusion
van der Paal is the 1,612,213th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of van der Paal are found; 90 percent are found in Western Europe and 90 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
van der Paal is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 64 people, or 1 in 263,862. In The Netherlands van der Paal is mostly found in: North Brabant, where 61 percent reside, Flevoland, where 13 percent reside and Zeeland, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account The Netherlands it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 38 percent reside and Australia, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van der Pal | 96 | 599 | / |
| van de Paal | 96 | 59 | / |
| van de Pal | 91 | 1 | / |
| van der Pol | 87 | 7,938 | / |
| van de Paul | 87 | 1 | / |
| van der Poll | 83 | 1,981 | / |
| van der Pool | 83 | 271 | / |
| van der Peyl | 83 | 51 | / |
| van der Pohl | 83 | 15 | / |
| van der Pole | 83 | 2 | / |
| van der Polt | 83 | 1 | / |
| van de Pol | 82 | 3,044 | / |
| van der Peijl | 80 | 368 | / |
| van der Pholl | 80 | 8 | / |
| van der Pohll | 80 | 6 | / |
| van der Poole | 80 | 1 | / |
| van de Poll | 78 | 673 | / |
| van de Poël | 78 | 2 | / |
| van de Pool | 78 | 2 | / |
| von der Pool | 75 | 2 | / |
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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 Paal
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