Waelen Surname
Approximately 148 people bear this surname
Waelen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 117 | 1:144,335 | 21,873 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 1:348,333 | 27,379 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Waelen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waelen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waelen is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Waelen.
How Common Is The Last Name Waelen? popularity and diffusion
The surname Waelen is the 1,447,279th most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 49,240,175 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 81 percent of Waelen are found; 81 percent are found in Western Europe and 80 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 117 people, or 1 in 144,335. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: Limburg, where 70 percent live, Overijssel, where 7 percent live and South Holland, where 7 percent live. Besides The Netherlands this surname occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 9 percent live and Australia, where 4 percent live.
Waelen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Waelen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Waelen surname declined 83 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
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Waelen
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