van der Ligt Surname
Approximately 148 people bear this surname
van der Ligt Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 146 | 1:115,666 | 18,330 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
van der Ligt Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Ligt Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van der Ligt is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Ligt? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,447,279th most commonly used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 49,240,175 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of van der Ligt live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname van der Ligt is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 146 people, or 1 in 115,666. In The Netherlands van der Ligt is most common in: North Brabant, where 52 percent are found, Gelderland, where 18 percent are found and South Holland, where 18 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands van der Ligt occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van de Ligt | 96 | 123 | / |
| van der Lugt | 92 | 1,927 | / |
| van de Lugt | 87 | 2 | / |
| van der Lik | 87 | 1 | / |
| van der Leegte | 85 | 118 | / |
| van der Like | 83 | 7 | / |
| van der Leeg | 83 | 1 | / |
| van der Lijke | 80 | 86 | / |
| van der Lieck | 80 | 1 | / |
| van der Lijck | 80 | 1 | / |
| van der Lek | 78 | 313 | / |
| van der Lijcke | 77 | 47 | / |
| van der Leek | 75 | 551 | / |
| van der Lecq | 75 | 248 | / |
| van der Leck | 75 | 81 | / |
| van der Lyke | 75 | 18 | / |
| Van-Der-Lugt | 75 | 2 | / |
| von der Lieck | 72 | 17 | / |
| van der Lycke | 72 | 1 | / |
| Van-Der-Lek | 61 | 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 der Ligt
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