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 surname van der Looij is found most in The Netherlands. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Looij? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 783,439th most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,187,108 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of van der Looij live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name van der Looij is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 353 people, or 1 in 47,839. In The Netherlands van der Looij is most common in: North Brabant, where 78 percent live, Limburg, where 8 percent live and North Holland, where 6 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands van der Looij occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 1 percent live and Sweden, where 1 percent live.
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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
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