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Vandewiele Surname Meaning

Flemish (also Van de Wiele) and Dutch (Van de Wiele): topographic name from Middle Dutch wiele, a variant of wale ‘pool, eddy, or mudflat resulting from a breach in a dike’.

It may also serve as a habitational name for someone from a place called with this word, for example Te Wiele in Pittem, Belgium.

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


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Between 1963 and 2004, in the United States, Vandewiele life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1998, and highest in 1996. The average life expectancy for Vandewiele in 1963 was 69, and 78 in 2004.

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