Van de Wiel or Van der Wiel is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the wiel". A wiel is a pool or small lake formed by a dyke breach.[1] Some of the variants (with # of people in 2007 in the Netherlands and in 2008 in Belgium) are Van de Wiel (3615, 195), Van der Wiel (2082, 42), Van de Wiele (40, 1522), Vandewiele (0, 1132), Van der Wiele (211, 7), and Van der Wielen (2323, 159).[1][2] Notable people with these surnames include:

Van de Wiel
Van der Wiel
Van der Wielen

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  1. ^ a b Wiel, van de / der at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
  2. ^ Distribution of family names in Belgium