de Leuw Surname

1,009,375th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 252 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Leuw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Leuw 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
Netherlands1961:86,15914,300
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
England111:5,065,278148,650
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

de Leuw Last Name Facts

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

de Leuw is found most in The Netherlands. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

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

The last name de Leuw is the 1,009,375th most widespread last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 28,918,833 people. The surname de Leuw occurs mostly in Europe, where 89 percent of de Leuw live; 82 percent live in Western Europe and 82 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most common in The Netherlands, where it is held by 196 people, or 1 in 86,159. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: North Brabant, where 61 percent reside, Gelderland, where 13 percent reside and South Holland, where 11 percent reside. Apart from The Netherlands this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent reside and Australia, where 5 percent reside.

de Leuw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of de Leuw has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the de Leuw last name grew 750 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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 Leuwe931/
de Lew927/
de Luw921/
de Louw861,226/
de Lauw86355/
de Leew8610/
De-Leuw868/
de Leevw803/
de Lauwe803/
de Leeiw801/
de Low778/
de Law773/
de Lev772/
de Lub771/
de Luv771/
de Leeouv751/
de Leva71309/
de Leef7122/
de Lafe719/
de Loub718/
de Leffe6730/
der Löwe671/
De-Leyuv671/
de Hlophe631/
de Lab625/
da Law621/
da Leb621/
de Lof621/
di Leva572,456/
de Loof57930/
de Laaf57135/
de Lova5724/
da Leva5717/
de Loff572/
da Loub571/
De-Lafe571/
de Looff53707/
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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 Leuw
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