van Cleff Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
van Cleff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Cleff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Cleff Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Cleff occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Cleff? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 78 percent of van Cleff live; 78 percent live in Western Europe and 78 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname van Cleff is most common in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 2,814,529. In The Netherlands van Cleff is most common in: Gelderland, where 83 percent reside and Overijssel, where 17 percent reside. Besides The Netherlands this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 11 percent reside and Germany, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Cleeff | 95 | 88 | / |
| van Clef | 94 | 14 | / |
| van Cleef | 89 | 1,210 | / |
| van Clief | 89 | 76 | / |
| van Cleaf | 89 | 48 | / |
| van Cliff | 89 | 13 | / |
| van Cleft | 89 | 1 | / |
| von Cleff | 89 | 0 | / |
| van Cleif | 89 | 0 | / |
| van Kleeff | 84 | 270 | / |
| van Cleefs | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Cleefe | 84 | 0 | / |
| van Cliffe | 84 | 0 | / |
| von Clef | 82 | 5 | / |
| van Clev | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Clif | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Clew | 82 | 0 | / |
| van Kleef | 78 | 3,657 | / |
| von Cleef | 78 | 24 | / |
| Van-Cliff | 78 | 18 | / |
| van Cleev | 78 | 7 | / |
| Van-Cleef | 78 | 2 | / |
| van Cleav | 78 | 2 | / |
| van Cloif | 78 | 0 | / |
| Van-Kleeff | 74 | 3 | / |
| van Kleefe | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Kelf | 71 | 22 | / |
| van Klev | 71 | 6 | / |
| van Zelf | 71 | 3 | / |
| Van-Kleef | 67 | 6 | / |
| van Klift | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Zelft | 67 | 1 | / |
| Van-Kleyf | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 van Cleff
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