van Klev Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
van Klev Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
van Klev Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Klev Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Klev is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of van Klev.
How Common Is The Last Name van Klev? popularity and diffusion
The surname van Klev is the 7,593,402nd most commonly held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname van Klev is mostly found in Europe, where 83 percent of van Klev live; 83 percent live in Western Europe and 83 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 16,101,092. In Germany it is most common in: Hesse, where 60 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 40 percent are found. Besides Germany it occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Clev | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Kleef | 82 | 3,657 | / |
| van Cleev | 82 | 7 | / |
| van Cleav | 82 | 2 | / |
| van Kleeff | 78 | 270 | / |
| van Kleefe | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Kelf | 75 | 22 | / |
| van Clef | 75 | 14 | / |
| van Clew | 75 | 0 | / |
| van Cleef | 71 | 1,210 | / |
| van Clief | 71 | 76 | / |
| van Cleaf | 71 | 48 | / |
| van Cleff | 71 | 9 | / |
| Van-Kleef | 71 | 6 | / |
| van Klift | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Cleft | 71 | 1 | / |
| Van-Kleyf | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Cleep | 71 | 0 | / |
| van Cleif | 71 | 0 | / |
| van Cleeff | 67 | 88 | / |
| Van-Kleeff | 67 | 3 | / |
| van Cleefs | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Cleefe | 67 | 0 | / |
| van Cliffe | 67 | 0 | / |
| von Clef | 63 | 5 | / |
| van Clif | 63 | 1 | / |
| von Cleef | 59 | 24 | / |
| van Cliff | 59 | 13 | / |
| Van-Cleef | 59 | 2 | / |
| van Cloif | 59 | 0 | / |
| von Cleff | 59 | 0 | / |
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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 Klev
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