Vanvalen Surname

1,173,425th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 203 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Vanvalen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vanvalen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2011:1,803,278118,231
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States341:1,477,02079,266

Vanvalen Last Name Facts

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

Vanvalen occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vanvalen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Vanvalen is the 1,173,425th most commonly used surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 35,899,241 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Vanvalen are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 99 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 201 people, or 1 in 1,803,278. In The United States Vanvalen is primarily found in: New York, where 24 percent live, New Jersey, where 15 percent live and Georgia, where 13 percent live. Aside from The United States this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 0 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent live.

Vanvalen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Vanvalen has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 591 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Vanvalen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Vanvalen surname are 9.83% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.6% registered with the political party.

Vanvalen earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.3% less than the national average, earning $41,293 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
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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 Vanvalen
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