van Laeys Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
van Laeys Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 25 | 1:2,656,909 | 193,074 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
van Laeys Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Laeys Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Laeys is found in France more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of van Laeys.
How Common Is The Last Name van Laeys? popularity and diffusion
The surname van Laeys is the 3,141,416th most prevalent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 79 percent of van Laeys reside; 79 percent reside in Western Europe and 72 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
This surname is most widely held in France, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 2,656,909. In France it is most prevalent in: Normandy, where 96 percent are found and Brittany, where 4 percent are found. Excluding France this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent are found and Belgium, where 15 percent are found.
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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 Laeys
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