Van der Wal (or van de Wal, Vander Wal, Vanderwal, van de Wall, VanderWaal) is a

toponymic surname A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name.

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

origin. The original bearer of the name may have lived or worked at or near a "wal": a river embankment, quay, or rampart. In 2007, Van de(r) Wal was the 47th most common surname in the Netherlands (15,646 people).Leender Brouwer
The top 100 surnames in the Netherlands
/ref> In Belgium, the form Van de Walle is more abundant.

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People with the name Van de(r) Wal include: * Dolf van der Wal (born 1985), Dutch snowboarder * (born 1981), Dutch road cyclist *

Frederique van der Wal Frederique Van Der Wal (also Frédérique van der Wal) is a former model from The Netherlands, known for having appeared in Victoria's Secret and on the covers of magazines such as ''Cosmopolitan'' and ''Vogue''. She grew up in The Hague. Caree ...

(born 1967), Dutch fashion model * Gerrit van der Wal, Dutch president of KLM from 1965 to 1973 *

Grace VanderWaal Grace Avery VanderWaal (born January 15, 2004) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She is known for her distinctive vocals and has often accompanied herself on the ukulele. VanderWaal began her musical career by posting videos of her ...

(born 2004), American singer-songwriter *

Henk van der Wal Hendrik "Henk" Jacob van der Wal (20 August 1886 in Rotterdam – 4 August 1982 in Rotterdam) was a Dutch Athletics (sport), athlete. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Van der Wal lost in the preliminary heats of the Athlet ...

(1886–1982), Dutch Olympic runner * Ian Vander-Wal (born 1971), Australian Olympic swimmer *

Jan Jaap van der Wal Jan Jaap van der Wal (born 1 November 1979) is a Dutch stand-up comedian, cabaret performer and television presenter. Television He is known as team captain in '' Dit was het nieuws'', the Dutch adaptation of the BBC show '' Have I Got News fo ...

(born 1979), Dutch stand-up comedian *

Jannes van der Wal Jannes van der Wal (November 12, 1956 in Driezum – September 24, 1996 in Groningen) was a Dutch/ Frisian draughts player and world champion in the game. He also played chess at a nearly competitive level. Career He became world champion in ...

(1956–1996), Dutch/Frisian draughts (checkers) world champion * (1852–1908), Dutch-Indonesian pianist * John Vander Wal (born 1966), American baseball player * Kody Vanderwal (born 2001), American stock car driver * Laurel van der Wal (1924–2009), American aeronautical engineer *

Marian van de Wal Marian van de Wal (born 21 January 1970, Vianen) is a Dutch-Andorran singer and businesswoman who was the representative of Andorra at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. Originally from the Netherlands, Van de Wal runs a small h ...

(born 1970), Dutch singer residing in Andorra * Marieke van der Wal (born 1979), Dutch handball goalkeeper * Nick van de Wall (born 1987), Dutch DJ better known as ''Afrojack'' * Rachael Vanderwal (born 1983), British basketball player * Rence van der Wal (born 1989), Dutch footballer * Ron Vanderwal (born 1938), American-Australian anthropologist and archeologist *

Thomas Vander Wal Thomas Vander Wal is an information architect best known for coining the term "folksonomy". He is also known for initiating the term "infocloud". His work has primarily dealt with the Web and with information design and structure especially in t ...

(born 1966), American information architect

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{{surname Dutch-language surnames Surnames of Dutch origin

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