van Walen Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
van Walen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 59 | 1:286,223 | 34,881 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Walen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Walen Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Walen is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Walen? popularity and diffusion
van Walen is the 2,414,640th most prevalent surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of van Walen live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.
van Walen is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 59 people, or 1 in 286,223. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: North Holland, where 37 percent live, South Holland, where 37 percent live and Gelderland, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account The Netherlands van Walen exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Aruba, where 2 percent live and Germany, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Wallen | 95 | 11 | / |
| van Waelen | 95 | 1 | / |
| van Whalen | 95 | 0 | / |
| van Balen | 89 | 2,120 | / |
| van Valen | 89 | 515 | / |
| van Baalen | 84 | 1,756 | / |
| van Vaalen | 84 | 71 | / |
| van Baulen | 84 | 9 | / |
| van Weelen | 84 | 3 | / |
| van Wollen | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Valien | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Bahlen | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Ballen | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Bailen | 84 | 0 | / |
| van Walling | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Valin | 78 | 81 | / |
| van Volen | 78 | 12 | / |
| van Velen | 78 | 7 | / |
| Van-Balen | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Balin | 78 | 0 | / |
| van Veelen | 74 | 1,427 | / |
| van Beylen | 74 | 372 | / |
| van Beilen | 74 | 211 | / |
| van Boolen | 74 | 8 | / |
| van Voolen | 74 | 4 | / |
| Van-Baalen | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Boulen | 74 | 1 | / |
| von Baalen | 74 | 0 | / |
| van Beijlen | 70 | 1 | / |
| Van-Valin | 67 | 2 | / |
| von Volen | 67 | 1 | / |
| von Bohlen | 63 | 20 | / |
| von Böhlen | 63 | 18 | / |
| Van-Boolen | 63 | 9 | / |
| von Volin | 56 | 0 | / |
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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 Walen
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