van Laeke Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Laeke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Laeke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium671:171,59223,333
United States151:24,163,929685,360

van Laeke Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Laeke is found in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

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

van Laeke is the 2,075,631st most frequently held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. van Laeke occurs predominantly in Europe, where 82 percent of van Laeke live; 82 percent live in Western Europe and 80 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name van Laeke is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is borne by 67 people, or 1 in 171,592. In Belgium van Laeke is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 99 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent live. Beside Belgium it exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 18 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Laecke95493/
van Lake9416/
van Leke941/
van Laake89110/
van Lacke8957/
van Lecke891/
Van-Laecke842/
van Loke8223/
van Locke782/
van Lackie741/
van Loccke741/

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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 Laeke
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