van Laethen Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Laethen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van Laethen Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
France21:33,211,361423,184
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van Laethen Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Laethen occurs more in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of van Laethen click here.

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

The surname is the 5,391,485th most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname van Laethen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 92 percent of van Laethen are found; 92 percent are found in Western Europe and 62 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widespread in Belgium, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 1,642,378. In Belgium it is most prevalent in: Flemish Region, where 71 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 14 percent live and Walloon Region, where 14 percent live. Other than Belgium it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in France, where 15 percent live and The Netherlands, where 15 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Laeten952/
van Laethem912,685/
van Laten9027/
van Leten901/
van Laetehem871/
van Laetem8630/
van Laaten8628/
van Leathem822/
van Loethem821/
van Lotten7622/
von Lotten671/
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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 Laethen
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