Vahle

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈveɪhəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

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

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 59K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 438K
  • CDCongo - Kinshasa≈1 in 103K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈11,000 people, est.

Sources
176 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 59K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

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

Where in the world(measured from records)

Vahle 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 Vahle is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈11,000 est.≈1 in 132K—Vahle2
DE Germany≈1,400 est.≈1 in 59K—Vahle72
CD Congo - Kinshasa≈990 est.≈1 in 103K—Vahle1
US United States7601 in 438K785Vahle176
ZA South Africa≈150 est.≈1 in 381K—Vahle5
DK Denmark291 in 202K29Vahle18
CH Switzerland261 in 323K26Vahle2

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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Vahle is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Våhlé

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Congo - Kinshasa

    Also written Vahlé

31 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

190019502000Fritz Vahle, b. 1913Annette Vahle, b. 1952Julian Vahle, b. 1997

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Vahle,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Vahle
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020785#31,582
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010760#30,665
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000705#31,126
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—29#16,951
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20246#89,778
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Vahle?
A machine transcription gives /ˈveɪhəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Vahle have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 11 thousand people named Vahle in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled vahle.
How common is the name Vahle?
In the United States, the national register counted 760 people named Vahle in 2010, about 1 in 438 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, “Vahle”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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