van der Ley Surname

652,085th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 463 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van der Ley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van der Ley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands4101:41,1886,999
New Zealand171:266,37223,826
France81:8,302,840321,660
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

van der Ley Last Name Facts

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

The last name van der Ley is found most in The Netherlands. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of van der Ley.

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

The last name is the 652,085th most prevalent surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 15,739,840 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 91 percent of van der Ley reside; 91 percent reside in Western Europe and 89 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 410 people, or 1 in 41,188. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: Friesland, where 22 percent are found, Gelderland, where 15 percent are found and North Holland, where 14 percent are found. Other than The Netherlands this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in New Zealand, where 4 percent are found and France, where 2 percent are found.

van der Ley Last Name Statistics demography

van der Ley earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 61.72% less than the national average, earning R 90,972 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Ley
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis