van Walt Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
van Walt Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 26 | 1:649,507 | 53,972 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
van Walt Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Walt Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Walt is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Walt? popularity and diffusion
The last name van Walt is the 3,432,070th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname van Walt occurs predominantly in Europe, where 85 percent of van Walt are found; 79 percent are found in Western Europe and 79 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 649,507. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: South Holland, where 54 percent are found, Gelderland, where 19 percent are found and North Holland, where 19 percent are found. Excluding The Netherlands van Walt occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 6 percent are found and South Africa, where 6 percent are found.
van Walt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of van Walt has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the van Walt surname decreased 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Waldt | 94 | 1 | / |
| van Wal | 93 | 28 | / |
| van Waal | 88 | 13 | / |
| van Wald | 88 | 2 | / |
| van Walle | 82 | 448 | / |
| van Baalt | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Val | 80 | 11 | / |
| van Bal | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Baal | 75 | 2,170 | / |
| von Wald | 75 | 144 | / |
| von Wahl | 75 | 37 | / |
| van Vale | 75 | 4 | / |
| van Bolt | 75 | 3 | / |
| van Ball | 75 | 2 | / |
| van Vall | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Wold | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Valle | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Bol | 67 | 33 | / |
| van Vassel | 67 | 0 | / |
| van Weisel | 67 | 0 | / |
| Van-Baal | 63 | 2 | / |
| Von-Wald | 63 | 1 | / |
| van Voll | 63 | 1 | / |
| von Veal | 63 | 0 | / |
| van Beil | 63 | 0 | / |
| von Weisl | 59 | 1 | / |
| von Wohld | 59 | 1 | / |
| van Vossel | 56 | 284 | / |
| von Weisel | 56 | 6 | / |
| von Buol | 50 | 3 | / |
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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 Walt
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis