Walen Surname
Approximately 1,354 people bear this surname
Walen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 885 | 1:409,558 | 35,670 |
| Papua New Guinea | 137 | 1:59,516 | 7,632 |
| Netherlands | 127 | 1:132,970 | 20,548 |
| Indonesia | 62 | 1:2,133,052 | 131,589 |
| Belgium | 40 | 1:287,416 | 33,962 |
| Norway | 24 | 1:214,262 | 24,079 |
| Pakistan | 18 | 1:9,924,660 | 48,309 |
| New Zealand | 11 | 1:411,666 | 31,040 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 20 | 1:1,218,768 | 44,985 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 258 | 1:194,646 | 17,040 |
The alternate forms: Waleń (116) & Walén (24) are calculated separately.
Walen (727) may also be a first name.
Walen Demographics
Average Walen Salary in
United States
$48,896 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Walen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Walen is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Waleń or Walén. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Walen? popularity and diffusion
The last name Walen is the 284,289th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 5,382,235 people. Walen is primarily found in The Americas, where 66 percent of Walen live; 66 percent live in North America and 66 percent live in Anglo-North America. Walen is also the 305,933rd most widely held first name on earth It is held by 727 people.
The last name Walen is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 885 people, or 1 in 409,558. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Minnesota, where 14 percent are found, North Dakota, where 7 percent are found and Washington, where 7 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname is found in 27 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 9 percent are found.
Walen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Walen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Walen last name rose 343 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Walen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Walen surname are 4.6% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 51.37% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Walen earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 0.74% less than the national average, earning 343,530 kr per year; in United States they earn 13.32% more than the national average, earning $48,896 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.27% more than the national average, earning $58,265 CAD per year.
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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 Walen
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