van der Palen Surname
Approximately 489 people bear this surname
van der Palen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 444 | 1:38,034 | 6,426 |
| Belgium | 24 | 1:479,027 | 47,365 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
van der Palen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Palen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van der Palen is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of van der Palen click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Palen? popularity and diffusion
van der Palen is the 626,382nd most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 14,902,957 people. The last name van der Palen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of van der Palen live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is held by 444 people, or 1 in 38,034. In The Netherlands van der Palen is mostly concentrated in: North Brabant, where 69 percent are found, Gelderland, where 7 percent are found and South Holland, where 7 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 5 percent are found and Australia, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van der Paalen | 96 | 18 | / |
| Vanderpalen | 92 | 3 | / |
| vander Pallen | 92 | 2 | / |
| van der Pelen | 92 | 1 | / |
| von der Pahlen | 89 | 24 | / |
| van der Pillen | 89 | 1 | / |
| van der Poelen | 89 | 1 | / |
| Vander-Pallen | 85 | 279 | / |
| vander Poelen | 85 | 27 | / |
| van der Belen | 85 | 10 | / |
| van der Pluyn | 85 | 1 | / |
| van-de Pallen | 85 | 1 | / |
| Vanderpelen | 83 | 41 | / |
| Vanderpleyn | 83 | 5 | / |
| van der Bellen | 81 | 11 | / |
| vander Paulino | 81 | 3 | / |
| van der Beelen | 81 | 3 | / |
| vander Belen | 80 | 14 | / |
| van de Reep-Allen | 80 | 1 | / |
| vander Pluyn | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vanderpoelen | 80 | 1 | / |
| vander Bailon | 77 | 1 | / |
| van der Pol-Hooyen | 77 | 1 | / |
| vander Bellen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vanderpluyn | 75 | 6 | / |
| Vanderbellen | 72 | 16 | / |
| Vander-Bellen | 69 | 3 | / |
| vander Bueloni | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Drie-Bolin | 59 | 1 | / |
| Ventura Paulino | 50 | 5 | / |
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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
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- 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 Palen
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