van Vaals Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Vaals Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Vaals Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands551:307,04036,360
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van Vaals Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Vaals is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

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

The last name van Vaals is the 2,136,387th most numerous surname in the world, held by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 72 percent of van Vaals are found; 71 percent are found in Western Europe and 71 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

van Vaals is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 307,040. In The Netherlands it is most common in: Friesland, where 65 percent are found, North Brabant, where 15 percent are found and Utrecht, where 13 percent are found. Aside from The Netherlands this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 26 percent are found and Italy, where 1 percent are found.

van Vaals Last Name Statistics demography

van Vaals earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 11.66% less than the national average, earning $43,892 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Vals9417/
van Faals895/
van Vales890/
van Wals821/
van Wales781/
van Walsh781/
van Falls781/
van Fatels741/
van Battles701/
van Boles6729/
van Weles671/

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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 Vaals
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