Waalewijn Surname
Approximately 171 people bear this surname
Waalewijn Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 162 | 1:104,242 | 16,843 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Waalewijn Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waalewijn Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waalewijn is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Waalewijn? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,315,412th most commonly occurring surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 42,617,228 people. The surname Waalewijn occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Waalewijn are found; 95 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 162 people, or 1 in 104,242. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: North Holland, where 28 percent live, South Holland, where 22 percent live and Gelderland, where 19 percent live. Without taking into account The Netherlands this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live and South Africa, where 2 percent live.
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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
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