van Laan Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Laan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Laan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands431:392,72541,894
United States331:10,983,604436,696
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

van Laan Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Laan has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

It is the 2,136,387th most frequent surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. The surname van Laan occurs mostly in Europe, where 58 percent of van Laan are found; 58 percent are found in Western Europe and 56 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 392,725. In The Netherlands van Laan is most common in: North Holland, where 28 percent are found, South Holland, where 26 percent are found and North Brabant, where 23 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 42 percent are found and Belgium, where 1 percent are found.

van Laan Last Name Statistics demography

van Laan earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.33% more than the national average, earning $43,725 USD 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
  • 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 Laan
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