van Valen Surname

602,749th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 515 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Valen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Valen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands4061:41,5947,055
United States771:4,707,259244,676
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States651:772,59548,648

van Valen Last Name Facts

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

van Valen occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

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

This surname is the 602,749th most numerous family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 14,150,575 people. The last name van Valen occurs mostly in Europe, where 83 percent of van Valen reside; 82 percent reside in Western Europe and 82 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 406 people, or 1 in 41,594. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: South Holland, where 49 percent are found, North Brabant, where 27 percent are found and Utrecht, where 6 percent are found. Outside of The Netherlands this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 15 percent are found and Australia, where 2 percent are found.

van Valen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of van Valen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the van Valen last name grew 118 percent between 1880 and 2014.

van Valen Last Name Statistics demography

van Valen earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 42.34% more than the national average, earning $61,417 USD per year.

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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 Valen
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