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Van Arsdale Surname Meaning

Flemish: habitational name for someone from an unidentified place in Belgium with the second element dal ‘valley’ and the first one apparently the personal name Aert or alternatively for someone who came to the Flanders from a place called Aarsdale on the island of Bornholm in Denmark.

This surname in any of its original forms is no longer found in Belgium or the Netherlands.

Compare Van Arsdalen, Van Arsdall, Van Artsdalen, Van Ausdal, Van Orsdale, and Van Osdol.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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Between 1956 and 2004, in the United States, Van Arsdale life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1970, and highest in 2004. The average life expectancy for Van Arsdale in 1956 was 51, and 85 in 2004.

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