Looijesteijn Surname

2,168,711th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 76 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Looijesteijn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Looijesteijn 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
Netherlands751:225,16229,957
England11:55,718,059489,080

Looijesteijn Last Name Facts

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

The last name Looijesteijn is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Looijesteijn? popularity and diffusion

The last name Looijesteijn is the 2,168,711th most prevalent last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 95,888,762 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Looijesteijn are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 225,162. In The Netherlands Looijesteijn is mostly concentrated in: North Holland, where 61 percent live, South Holland, where 29 percent live and Overijssel, where 8 percent live. Excluding The Netherlands this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live.

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
Looijestijn96161/
Looijestein9627/
Looyesteijn871/
Looyestein8238/
Looyesteyn7311/
Lochestein731/
Loweustein730/
Lesitein702/
Loesthen700/
Louistean671/
Louistene671/
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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 Looijesteijn
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