Voorwald Surname

2,483,783rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 60 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Voorwald Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Voorwald Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands551:307,04036,360
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Voorwald Last Name Facts

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

The surname Voorwald occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Voorwald.

How Common Is The Last Name Voorwald? popularity and diffusion

The last name Voorwald is the 2,483,783rd most common family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Voorwald reside; 93 percent reside in Western Europe and 93 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Voorwald is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 307,040. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: South Holland, where 75 percent live, North Brabant, where 18 percent live and Drenthe, where 2 percent live. Excluding The Netherlands this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 7 percent live and Germany, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vorwald93962/
Voorwold8842/
Voorwalt8838/
Vorwaldt8820/
Forwald8028/
Vorwold8013/
Vorwahl804/
Borwald802/
Voorveld7566/
Borwaldt752/
Vorwaltz750/
Borwal7162/
Varwal717/
Vorval711/
Barwald67134/
Forwalt6726/
Forvald678/
Varwaal671/
Varwold670/
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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 Voorwald
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