van der Looij Surname
Approximately 361 people bear this surname
van der Looij Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 353 | 1:47,839 | 8,186 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
van der Looij Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Looij Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van der Looij occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Looij? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 783,439th most commonly held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 20,187,108 people. The last name van der Looij is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of van der Looij live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.
van der Looij is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 353 people, or 1 in 47,839. In The Netherlands van der Looij is most common in: North Brabant, where 78 percent reside, Limburg, where 8 percent reside and North Holland, where 6 percent reside. Aside from The Netherlands it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 1 percent reside and Sweden, where 1 percent reside.
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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
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