van Mal Surname

1,849,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 100 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Mal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Mal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands791:213,76228,937
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
France11:66,422,722504,397
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van Mal Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Mal is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of van Mal.

How Common Is The Last Name van Mal? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,849,867th most prevalent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 72,875,459 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 91 percent of van Mal are found; 90 percent are found in Western Europe and 88 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 213,762. In The Netherlands van Mal is most frequent in: Groningen, where 34 percent are found, South Holland, where 20 percent are found and North Holland, where 15 percent are found. Beside The Netherlands van Mal exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 10 percent are found and Australia, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Male93217/
van Mall936/
van Mail930/
van Malle883/
van Mol862,423/
Van-Mal861/
van Moll80472/
van Meyl8070/
Van-Male806/
von Mall801/
van Meil801/
van Molle75421/
van Meijl75390/
van Mosel7580/
van Mossel71188/
van Moosel7129/
Van-Mol711/
von Moll676/
von Mohl674/
von Molt673/
von Maschell636/

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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 Mal
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