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

toponymic surname A toponymic surname or habitational surname or byname is a surname or byname derived from a place name,

Dutch Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands ** Dutch people as an ethnic group () ** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship () ** Dutch language () * In specific terms, i ...

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 Dutch former model, actress, television personality, and a businesswoman. She is known for having appeared in Victoria's Secret and on the covers of magazines such as '' Cosmopolitan' ...

(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 voice and has often accompanied herself on the ukulele. VanderWaal began her musical career by posting videos of her o ...

(born 2004), American singer-songwriter * Henk van der Wal (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. He is known both in the Netherlands and in Flanders, Belgium for his television appearances and theatre shows. Career Tele ...

(born 1979), Dutch stand-up comedian * Jannes van der Wal (1956–1996), Dutch/Frisian draughts (checkers) world champion * (1852–1908), Dutch-Indonesian pianist *

John Vander Wal John Henry Vander Wal (born April 29, 1966) is an American former Major League Baseball left-handed hitter who played outfield and first base for eight different teams over 14 seasons. Early life Vander Wal grew up in Hudsonville, Michigan and ...

(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 (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 World Wide Web, Web and with information design and structure ...

(born 1966), American information architect

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