van der Valk Surname
Approximately 4,746 people bear this surname
van der Valk Surname User-submission:
Translates to "of the falcon". Probably either started as a family of falconeers, or a noble family named themselves after the Falcon.
van der Valk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 4,158 | 1:4,061 | 388 |
| Australia | 109 | 1:247,667 | 22,912 |
| South Africa | 89 | 1:608,738 | 46,089 |
| France | 58 | 1:1,145,219 | 121,886 |
| Belgium | 55 | 1:209,030 | 27,072 |
| Canada | 39 | 1:944,759 | 71,777 |
| New Zealand | 38 | 1:119,166 | 14,967 |
| England | 32 | 1:1,741,189 | 71,393 |
| Thailand | 29 | 1:2,435,805 | 267,220 |
| United States | 28 | 1:12,944,962 | 483,512 |
| Germany | 24 | 1:3,354,394 | 150,996 |
| Curaçao | 19 | 1:8,276 | 277 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| Chile | 10 | 1:1,761,647 | 27,489 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Bolivia | 3 | 1:3,538,811 | 11,393 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
van der Valk Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Translates to "of the falcon". Probably either started as a family of falconeers, or a noble family named themselves after the Falcon.
- titusvan der Valk Demographics
Average van der Valk Salary in
Canada
$51,123 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
van der Valk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Valk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van der Valk occurs most in The Netherlands. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of van der Valk.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Valk? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 99,677th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,535,513 people. The surname van der Valk is predominantly found in Europe, where 92 percent of van der Valk live; 91 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 4,158 people, or 1 in 4,061. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: South Holland, where 46 percent are found, North Holland, where 13 percent are found and Utrecht, where 10 percent are found. Apart from The Netherlands this last name occurs in 33 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 2 percent are found and South Africa, where 2 percent are found.
van der Valk Last Name Statistics demography
The amount van der Valk earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 113.79% more than the national average, earning R 508,044 per year and in Canada they earn 2.9% more than the national average, earning $51,123 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van de Valk | 96 | 110 | / |
| vander Valk | 96 | 36 | / |
| van Dervalk | 96 | 4 | / |
| van der Valke | 96 | 1 | / |
| van der Volk | 92 | 1 | / |
| Vandervalk | 91 | 396 | / |
| Vander-Valk | 87 | 3 | / |
| Vandervealk | 87 | 1 | / |
| van der Vlag | 83 | 361 | / |
| van der Wolk | 83 | 309 | / |
| Van-Der-Valk | 83 | 1 | / |
| van der Vlug | 83 | 1 | / |
| van der Walg | 83 | 1 | / |
| van der Folk | 83 | 0 | / |
| Vandervolk | 82 | 12 | / |
| van der Vliege | 77 | 1 | / |
| vander Flock | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vandervlag | 73 | 11 | / |
| Vanderfolk | 73 | 1 | / |
| van der Floch | 72 | 1 | / |
| van der Heuvel-Heek | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vanderflug | 64 | 1 | / |
| Fonderflick | 52 | 12 | / |
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