van Laeken Surname

495,560th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 666 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Laeken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Laeken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium6271:18,3362,812
United States241:15,102,456529,929
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

van Laeken Last Name Facts

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

van Laeken is carried by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

The surname is the 495,560th most commonly occurring last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 10,942,261 people. The surname van Laeken occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of van Laeken are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 87 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently held in Belgium, where it is held by 627 people, or 1 in 18,336. In Belgium it is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 93 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 6 percent live and Walloon Region, where 2 percent live. Outside of Belgium it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.

van Laeken Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Laeken earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 72.08% more than the national average, earning $74,250 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.42% more than the national average, earning $50,886 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Laecken95178/
van Laken9584/
van Leken951/
van Leuken90726/
van Leaken901/
van Luyken8025/
Van-Lacken801/
von Lauken800/
van Luijken7686/
von Luecken761/
von Locken701/

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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 Laeken
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