Wallen Surname
Approximately 11,853 people bear this surname
Wallen Surname Definition:
(Anglo-French-Latin) WALLOON [FrenchWallon; [from Latin Gall-us, a Gaul (= O.H.Ger. Walh, a Celt]
Wallen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9,117 | 1:39,756 | 4,893 |
| Jamaica | 735 | 1:3,905 | 547 |
| England | 554 | 1:100,574 | 10,615 |
| Australia | 245 | 1:110,187 | 12,273 |
| Papua New Guinea | 208 | 1:39,201 | 4,741 |
| Canada | 165 | 1:223,307 | 21,472 |
| Finland | 147 | 1:37,393 | 4,798 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 93 | 1:14,666 | 1,875 |
| Sweden | 80 | 1:123,084 | 8,745 |
| Wales | 71 | 1:43,585 | 4,199 |
| Nigeria | 62 | 1:2,857,141 | 90,271 |
| New Zealand | 59 | 1:76,751 | 11,256 |
| Philippines | 33 | 1:3,067,825 | 142,207 |
| France | 26 | 1:2,554,720 | 189,486 |
| Belize | 24 | 1:14,811 | 1,562 |
| Germany | 24 | 1:3,354,394 | 150,996 |
| Costa Rica | 22 | 1:217,276 | 2,674 |
| Panama | 19 | 1:205,908 | 5,804 |
| Qatar | 19 | 1:124,105 | 14,725 |
| Scotland | 15 | 1:356,921 | 15,763 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Israel | 9 | 1:950,848 | 57,975 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6 | 1:9,200 | 695 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 9 | 1:492,207 | 16,355 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 330 | 1:73,865 | 8,120 |
| Wales | 23 | 1:68,192 | 3,286 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:54,269 | 2,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,237 | 1:40,597 | 4,767 |
The alternate forms: Wallén (1,955) & Wallèn (4) are calculated separately.
Wallen (2,806) may also be a first name.
Wallen Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Anglo-French-Latin) WALLOON [FrenchWallon; [from Latin Gall-us, a Gaul (= O.H.Ger. Walh, a Celt]
(Swedish) Dweller on, or near, a fallow field.
The same as Walwyn. WALLER. The Anglo-Saxon weallan means to spring up or boil; and a weallere is one who boils-a boiler. At the present day the persons who rake the salt out of the leads at the salt-works at Nantwich, are called mailers. Halliwell. Hence the name was anciently latinized Salinator. In the North, a Waller is a builder of walls. The Italian surname Muratori, and the French Murier, correspond with the latter sense. H.R. Le Waller and Le Wallur.
Wallen Demographics
Wallen Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Wallen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wallen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wallen is most common in The United States. It may appear as: Wallén or Wallèn. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wallen.
How Common Is The Last Name Wallen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 43,850th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 614,827 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 70 percent of Wallen reside; 62 percent reside in North America and 62 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Wallen is also the 137,695th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 2,806 people.
This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 9,117 people, or 1 in 39,756. In The United States Wallen is mostly concentrated in: California, where 9 percent live, Tennessee, where 6 percent live and Ohio, where 6 percent live. Other than The United States this last name occurs in 63 countries. It is also found in Jamaica, where 6 percent live and England, where 5 percent live.
Wallen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wallen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wallen surname increased 737 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 168 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 309 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 89 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Wallen Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Anglican (67%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Wallen surname are 17.25% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.02% being registered with the party.
The amount Wallen earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 23.76% less than the national average, earning 263,854 kr per year; in United States they earn 1.67% less than the national average, earning $42,429 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.72% more than the national average, earning $56,004 CAD per year.
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Wallen Reference & Research
Walden DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Walden FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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