de Lauw Surname

793,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 355 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Lauw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Lauw Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium2801:41,0596,726
Netherlands591:286,22334,881
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
France11:66,422,722504,397
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947

de Lauw Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Lauw Come From? nationality or country of origin

de Lauw is most common in Belgium. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name de Lauw? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 793,288th most prevalent family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 20,528,298 people. The surname de Lauw is mostly found in Europe, where 96 percent of de Lauw are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 79 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most common in Belgium, where it is carried by 280 people, or 1 in 41,059. In Belgium it is most prevalent in: Flemish Region, where 79 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 19 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Belgium this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 17 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Lauwe933/
de Law923/
de Luw921/
de Louw861,226/
de Leuw86252/
de Leuwe801/
de Low778/
de Lab775/
de Lub771/
de Luv771/
da Law771/
de Laaf71135/
de Lova7124/
de Leew7110/
de Lafe719/
De-Leuw718/
de Loub718/
de Leevw673/
de Leeouv631/
de Lof621/
de Loof57930/
de Leef5722/
de Loff572/
da Loub571/
De-Lafe571/
de Looff53707/
De-Leyuv531/
de Hlophe501/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Lauw
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