Waals Surname
Approximately 413 people bear this surname
Waals Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 374 | 1:45,153 | 7,674 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Waals Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waals Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waals occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Waals.
How Common Is The Last Name Waals? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 709,895th most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 17,645,390 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of Waals live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name Waals is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 374 people, or 1 in 45,153. In The Netherlands Waals is most frequent in: North Brabant, where 39 percent are found, South Holland, where 21 percent are found and North Holland, where 13 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands it exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 2 percent are found and Germany, where 2 percent are found.
Waals Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Waals has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Waals surname rose 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Waals
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