van der Lem Surname
Approximately 392 people bear this surname
van der Lem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 314 | 1:53,781 | 9,233 |
| New Zealand | 52 | 1:87,083 | 12,256 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van der Lem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Lem Come From? nationality or country of origin
van der Lem is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Lem? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 737,137th most common last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,590,678 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 83 percent of van der Lem are found; 82 percent are found in Western Europe and 82 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 314 people, or 1 in 53,781. In The Netherlands van der Lem is most common in: North Holland, where 51 percent live, South Holland, where 39 percent live and Overijssel, where 4 percent live. Barring The Netherlands it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in New Zealand, where 13 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van der Leun | 87 | 146 | / |
| van der Leen | 87 | 60 | / |
| van der Laen | 87 | 1 | / |
| van der Linne | 83 | 1 | / |
| van der Lin | 82 | 9 | / |
| van der Lijn | 78 | 123 | / |
| van der Lint | 78 | 99 | / |
| van der Lind | 78 | 47 | / |
| van de Lint | 73 | 20 | / |
| van de Lind | 73 | 6 | / |
| von der Lin | 73 | 3 | / |
| van de Lindt | 70 | 53 | / |
| von der Linn | 70 | 9 | / |
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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 Lem
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