Westphaal Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Westphaal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Westphaal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands271:625,45153,034
France31:22,140,907385,998
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Westphaal Last Name Facts

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

The surname Westphaal is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Westphaal? popularity and diffusion

The last name Westphaal is the 3,485,539th most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Westphaal are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 84 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 625,451. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: South Holland, where 52 percent are found and Zeeland, where 48 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands Westphaal exists in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 9 percent are found and Portugal, where 3 percent are found.

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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 Westphaal
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