van der Leck Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
van der Leck Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 77 | 1:219,314 | 29,463 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
van der Leck Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Leck Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van der Leck occurs most in The Netherlands. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Leck? popularity and diffusion
The surname van der Leck is the 2,091,648th most frequently held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 89,969,703 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of van der Leck reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 77 people, or 1 in 219,314. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: South Holland, where 35 percent are found, Utrecht, where 14 percent are found and Flevoland, where 13 percent are found. Barring The Netherlands this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 4 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van der Lek | 96 | 313 | / |
| van der Lieck | 96 | 1 | / |
| van der Leek | 92 | 551 | / |
| van der Lecq | 92 | 248 | / |
| von der Lieck | 88 | 17 | / |
| van der Lijck | 88 | 1 | / |
| van der Lycke | 88 | 1 | / |
| van der Lik | 87 | 1 | / |
| van der Lijcke | 85 | 47 | / |
| van der Lyke | 83 | 18 | / |
| van der Like | 83 | 7 | / |
| van der Leeg | 83 | 1 | / |
| van der Lijke | 80 | 86 | / |
| Van-Der-Lek | 78 | 1 | / |
| van der Ligt | 75 | 148 | / |
| van de Ligt | 70 | 123 | / |
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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 van der Leck
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