Wal is used as a family name or surname in Germany, Netherlands. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wal
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Germany, Netherlands
Meaning:

Wal is variant of Walls. 1. From residence hard by, or upon, a town wall. The forms in the XIII and XIV centuries were Atte-Wall, Super le Wal, De la Walle, etc. 2. It was also an old personal name, spelt in Domesday Walle.

Wal is the variant of Wall. See Walls, to which it is ordinarily pluralized - 1. From residence hard by, or upon, a town wall. The forms in the XIII and XIV centuries were Atte-Wall, Super le Wal, De la Walle, etc. 2. It was also an old personal name, spelt in Domesday Walle.

Variant form of Valler. Pierre Valler, a Protestant refugee from Rouen, landed at Rye in 1572.

Wal is a variant of Wales. One who came from Wales, i.e., the Welsh, the country, or from Wales, a village in Yorkshire.

Surname is variant form of Deval. Dweller in the valley.

Surname Wal is a form of the Wall. Dweller at, or near, a wall such as the old Roman wall; dweller at, or near, a spring or stream; one who came from Wall, i.e., on the Roman wall, or near a stream, the name of several places in England; dweller at, or near, a pool or bog.

Wal is the form of the Waal. The Walloon, or native of Liege.

Surname Wal is a variant form of the Wale. A local surname, traced in Irish records to the XIV century. John de Wale was advanced, in 1348, to the see of Ardfert.

How popular is Wal?

Wal is common in South Sudan, Sudan, Poland, Kenya, Netherlands, India, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, United States, Bangladesh, Egypt, Brazil, Afghanistan, Indonesia.

Wal is ranked 6710 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Wals grew by 48.15 per cent to 320 since 2000 and ranked 62531 after elevating 18883 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 53.75 74.54
Black 35.94 13.43
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 4.06 6.48
Others 3.44 4.17
Wal is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in South Sudan which signifies that it is originated from South Sudan. Around 84293 people have been found who wears Wal as their family name. Wal is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Wal:
29 South Sudan71,866
Countries with thousands of Wal:
1,574 Sudan3,360
3,665 Poland1,583
4,443 Kenya1,083
2,413 Netherlands1,068
33,738 India1,041
Countries with hundreds of Wal:
4,588 Pakistan985
706 Papua New Guinea904
65,209 United States423
11,259 Bangladesh360
18,414 Egypt336
37,399 Brazil201
3,726 Afghanistan165
88,950 Indonesia104
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
22,810 Cameroon91
68,573 Germany81
43,863 England68
25,379 Malaysia58
39,018 Australia52
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,698 Taiwan48
128,915 Philippines42
154,208 France39
12,381 Iraq37
12,265 Portugal28
10,182 Ethiopia25
283,555 Russia19
123,675 Canada19
21,578 Venezuela18
336,594 Thailand17
210,388 Nigeria16
52,204 Sweden14
25,625 United Arab Emirates12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
41,629 Norway10
8,246 Tunisia9
7,955 China9
23,279 Liberia9
92,692 Belgium8
16,398 Burkina Faso8
168,491 Argentina8
177,858 South Africa7
53,861 Mexico6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Farmer Anna Wal from Germany aboard the Peter Hattrick from Antwerp. She is registered to be 34 years old when she arrived in Ohio on May 16, 1854. Haering Wal, Elie Wal, Ada Wal, aged 3, Christine Wal, Clara Wal (11), Johan Wal, Louise Wal (Of unknown age), Jord. Wal, aged 28, and 4 other Wal mainly farmer, laborer migrated to US from Havre & London, Liverpool and Liverpool & Queenstown.

Wal Namesakes

  • Marian van de Wal, singer and businesswoman
  • Henk van der Wal, Dutch athlete
  • Rence van der Wal, Dutch footballer
  • Jannes van der Wal, He also played chess at a nearly competitive level
  • John Vander Wal, former American Major League Baseball left-handed hitter

Wal Namesakes

  • Marian van de Wal, singer and businesswoman
  • Henk van der Wal, Dutch athlete
  • Rence van der Wal, Dutch footballer
  • Jannes van der Wal, He also played chess at a nearly competitive level
  • John Vander Wal, former American Major League Baseball left-handed hitter

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