Waalwijk Surname

1,198,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Waalwijk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Waalwijk 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
Netherlands1861:90,79114,945
New Zealand71:646,90340,014
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Waalwijk Last Name Facts

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

Waalwijk is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Waalwijk? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,198,640th most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 36,992,619 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Waalwijk live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Waalwijk is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 186 people, or 1 in 90,791. In The Netherlands Waalwijk is most frequent in: South Holland, where 32 percent live, North Brabant, where 25 percent live and North Holland, where 18 percent live. Barring The Netherlands this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 4 percent live and Belgium, where 1 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
Walwijk931/
Walwik8614/
Walwick8097/
Waalwyk8023/
Wahlwik801/
Wallwick750/
Walvik7153/
Walwyk7110/
Valwik711/
Walwek710/
Walvick6772/
Wallvik6738/
Balwaik6720/
Walvike679/
Balwick674/
Wahlvik672/
Wollwik671/
Wahlwig670/
Walbick670/
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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 Waalwijk
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