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
The surname Waelen is most common in The Netherlands. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Waelen.
How Common Is The Last Name Waelen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,447,279th most commonly occurring last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 49,240,175 people. The last name Waelen is primarily found in Europe, where 81 percent of Waelen are found; 81 percent are found in Western Europe and 80 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 117 people, or 1 in 144,335. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: Limburg, where 70 percent reside, Overijssel, where 7 percent reside and South Holland, where 7 percent reside. Beside The Netherlands this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 9 percent reside and Australia, where 4 percent reside.
Waelen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Waelen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Waelen last name fell 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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