Verstraelen Surname

251,891st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,572 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Verstraelen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Verstraelen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1,2051:9,5411,362
Netherlands3051:55,3689,518
Canada211:1,754,552114,935
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
England51:11,143,612252,590
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
France11:66,422,722504,397
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Verstraelen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Verstraelen is more frequently found in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Verstraelen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 251,891st most prevalent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,635,843 people. The surname Verstraelen occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Verstraelen reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 86 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently held in Belgium, where it is held by 1,205 people, or 1 in 9,541. In Belgium Verstraelen is most prevalent in: Flemish Region, where 85 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 14 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent are found. Besides Belgium it occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 19 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Verstraelen Last Name Statistics demography

Verstraelen earn significantly less than the average income. In Canada they earn 31.3% less than the national average, earning $34,134 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Verstralen95158/
Forsterlin571/
For Sidrielon501/

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Footnotes

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