van der Louw Surname
Approximately 585 people bear this surname
van der Louw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 564 | 1:29,942 | 4,941 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
van der Louw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Louw Come From? nationality or country of origin
van der Louw is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of van der Louw.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Louw? popularity and diffusion
van der Louw is the 546,987th most frequently occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 12,457,343 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of van der Louw reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname van der Louw is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 564 people, or 1 in 29,942. In The Netherlands it is most common in: North Brabant, where 25 percent reside, South Holland, where 25 percent reside and Utrecht, where 17 percent reside. Excluding The Netherlands this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van de Louw | 96 | 182 | / |
| vander Louw | 96 | 1 | / |
| van der Lauw | 92 | 12 | / |
| van der Luaw | 92 | 1 | / |
| Vanderlouw | 91 | 41 | / |
| van der Leeuw | 88 | 1,021 | / |
| van der Lieuw | 88 | 10 | / |
| van der Lof | 87 | 66 | / |
| van der Leuv | 83 | 93 | / |
| vander Leeuw | 83 | 6 | / |
| van der Loef | 83 | 1 | / |
| van der Loeff | 80 | 30 | / |
| Vanderleeuw | 78 | 96 | / |
| van de Leuv | 78 | 54 | / |
| Vanderleeow | 78 | 1 | / |
| von der Luft | 75 | 37 | / |
| Vanderlaaw | 73 | 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
- 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 Louw
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