Van der Wal
Van der Wal (or van de Wal, Vander Wal, Vanderwal, van de Wall, VanderWaal) is a toponymic surname of Dutch origin. The original bearer of the name may have lived or worked at or near a "wal": a river embankment, quay, or rampart.[http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_naam=van%20der%20Wal&nfd_naam=Wal,%20van%20de%20/%20der&info=documentatie&operator=eq&taal=eng Wal, van de / der] at the Meertens Institute database of surnames In 2007, Van de(r) Wal was the 47th most common surname in the Netherlands (15,646 people).Leender Brouwer, [http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfb/documenten/top100.pdf The top 100 surnames in the Netherlands] 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
- {{illm|Eelke van der Wal|de||fy||nl|}} (born 1981), Dutch road cyclist
- Frederique van der Wal (born 1967), Dutch fashion model
- Gerrit van der Wal, Dutch president of KLM from 1965 to 1973
- Grace VanderWaal (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 (born 1979), Dutch stand-up comedian
- Jannes van der Wal (1956–1996), Dutch/Frisian draughts (checkers) world champion
- {{illm|Johanna Carolina van der Wal|id}} (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 (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 (born 1966), American information architect