van Palt Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Palt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Palt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

van Palt Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Palt is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

The surname van Palt is the 10,311,814th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name van Palt occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of van Palt live; 67 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name van Palt is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is most numerous in: Michigan, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account The United States van Palt occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 33 percent live.

van Palt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of van Palt has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the van Palt last name contracted 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Paul885/
van Pol80677/
van Passel78497/
van Poll75201/
van Pool7538/
von Paul755/
von Paal753/
van Pold751/
van Pole750/
van Poole716/
von Pfahl712/
von Polte711/
von Pohl635/
Van-Poll632/
von Pfeil5925/
von Pohle5913/
von Possel5676/
von Possell531/

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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 Palt
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