van der Looy Surname

1,148,257th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 209 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van der Looy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van der Looy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1431:118,09218,619
Belgium421:273,73032,801
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
England71:7,959,723202,100
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

van der Looy Last Name Facts

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

The last name van der Looy has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

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

The surname van der Looy is the 1,148,257th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 34,868,641 people. The last name van der Looy occurs predominantly in Europe, where 92 percent of van der Looy live; 89 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 143 people, or 1 in 118,092. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: North Brabant, where 55 percent reside, Limburg, where 20 percent reside and Gelderland, where 13 percent reside. Not including The Netherlands it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 20 percent reside and South Africa, where 4 percent reside.

van der Looy Last Name Statistics demography

van der Looy earn around the same as the average income. In South Africa they earn 1.74% more than the national average, earning R 241,776 per year.

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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
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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 Looy
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