van Laenen Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
van Laenen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 66 | 1:174,192 | 23,583 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
van Laenen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Laenen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Laenen is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of van Laenen.
How Common Is The Last Name van Laenen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,293,424th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. The last name van Laenen is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of van Laenen reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 75 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname van Laenen is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is carried by 66 people, or 1 in 174,192. In Belgium it is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 77 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 23 percent reside. Apart from Belgium this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 3 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Lanen | 95 | 774 | / |
| van Lenen | 95 | 1 | / |
| van Loenen | 90 | 2,656 | / |
| van Leenen | 90 | 454 | / |
| van Laanen | 90 | 360 | / |
| van Lienen | 90 | 177 | / |
| van Luenen | 90 | 92 | / |
| van Leunen | 90 | 90 | / |
| van Lannen | 90 | 48 | / |
| van Luinen | 80 | 134 | / |
| von Lienen | 80 | 33 | / |
| von Leinen | 80 | 3 | / |
| Van-Laanen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Van-Loenen | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Luynen | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Luijnen | 76 | 8 | / |
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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 Laenen
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