Schaelen

surname · Latin script

Schaelen is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 21M(inferred from the name graph)
  • NLNetherlands1 in 145Kas Schalen
  • SESweden≈1 in 357Kas Schalen

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Schaelen itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Netherlands (measured from records)

119 named Schalen, 2007

Sources
12 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 21M (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

SchalenLatin(measured from records)

Locally spelled Schalen in US United States, NL Netherlands, SE Sweden and 2 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Schaelen counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Schaelen is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NL Netherlands119as Schalen1 in 145K119Schalen10
SE Sweden≈29 est.≈1 in 357K—Schalen4
US United States≈10 est.≈1 in 34MlistedSchalen12
PR Puerto Rico≈9 est.≈1 in 362K—Schalen4
DE Germany≈4 est.≈1 in 21M—Schaelen2
GB United Kingdom≈3 est.≈1 in 25M—Schalen3

119 people counted by CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007), 2007. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Schaelen under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Schaelen have the most bearers?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 119 people named Schalen, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Schaelen?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 119 people named Schalen in 2007, about 1 in 145 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Schaelen”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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