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De%20waal Name Meaning

Dutch: ethnic name for someone from Wallonia from Middle Dutch Wale ‘Walloon’ (ultimately from an ancient Germanic word meaning ‘foreign’) + the definite article de thus meaning ‘the Walloon’. The surname De Waal is also established in South Africa.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


Similar surnames: De Haas, De Haan, De Raad, De Laet, De Kam, De Hart, De Valk, De Wall

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Between 1957 and 2002, in the United States, De%20waal life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1957, and highest in 1971. The average life expectancy for De%20waal in 1957 was 44, and 67 in 2002.

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