van Laak Surname

601,015th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 517 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Laak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Laak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3041:264,82128,272
Netherlands1801:93,81815,387
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

van Laak Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Laak is found most in Germany. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name van Laak? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 601,015th most frequently used family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 14,095,833 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of van Laak are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 94 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

van Laak is most prevalent in Germany, where it is borne by 304 people, or 1 in 264,821. In Germany van Laak is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 72 percent live, Berlin, where 10 percent live and Bavaria, where 8 percent live. Barring Germany this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 35 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

van Laak Last Name Statistics demography

van Laak earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 234.6% more than the national average, earning $144,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Laake94110/
van Laack9453/
van Lake8816/
van Laag882/
van Lakk880/
van Lacke8257/
von Laack822/
van Lac801/
van Lok801/
van Look75508/
van Loke7523/
van Lock750/
van Loock712,486/
van Looke7139/
van Leuck7125/
van Locke712/
van Loocke67633/
van Loucks674/
van Loc673/
van Loccke671/
Van-Look636/
van Logg632/
Van-Loock595/
Van-Loocke5610/
von Loocks561/

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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to van Laak
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