van der Leer Surname

502,491st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 654 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van der Leer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van der Leer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands5941:28,4304,664
South Africa281:1,934,91888,980
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
England41:13,929,515290,718
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
France11:66,422,722504,397
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van der Leer Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name van der Leer Come From? nationality or country of origin

van der Leer is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name van der Leer? popularity and diffusion

The surname van der Leer is the 502,491st most common family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 11,143,037 people. van der Leer occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of van der Leer are found; 91 percent are found in Western Europe and 91 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname van der Leer is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 594 people, or 1 in 28,430. In The Netherlands it is most common in: South Holland, where 64 percent live, Utrecht, where 9 percent live and North Brabant, where 8 percent live. Other than The Netherlands van der Leer is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 4 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

van der Leer Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van der Leer earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 109.53% more than the national average, earning R 497,928 per year and in Canada they earn 13.49% less than the national average, earning $42,980 CAD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Leer
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