van Lai Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
van Lai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
van Lai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Lai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Lai occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van Lai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,908,606th most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 69 percent of van Lai live; 69 percent live in North America and 69 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The surname van Lai is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 32,950,812. In The United States it is most prevalent in: California, where 45 percent reside, Texas, where 27 percent reside and Washington, where 18 percent reside. Besides The United States this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Vietnam, where 19 percent reside and Malaysia, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van La | 92 | 12 | / |
| van Li | 92 | 3 | / |
| van Lit | 86 | 579 | / |
| van Lis | 86 | 111 | / |
| van Loi | 86 | 10 | / |
| van Lau | 86 | 7 | / |
| van Lie | 86 | 5 | / |
| van Lap | 86 | 2 | / |
| van Lay | 86 | 2 | / |
| van Lad | 86 | 1 | / |
| von Lai | 86 | 1 | / |
| van Loa | 86 | 1 | / |
| van Lah | 86 | 0 | / |
| van Lith | 80 | 2,940 | / |
| van Luit | 80 | 305 | / |
| van Loij | 80 | 26 | / |
| van Luiz | 80 | 3 | / |
| van Lich | 80 | 3 | / |
| van Laat | 80 | 2 | / |
| van Luis | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Laus | 80 | 1 | / |
| van List | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Leij | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Luij | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Lach | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Lidt | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Lipp | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Liss | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Litt | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Hlei | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Liej | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Leit | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Le | 77 | 407 | / |
| von La | 77 | 24 | / |
| van Ly | 77 | 7 | / |
| Van-Li | 77 | 2 | / |
| van Looij | 75 | 306 | / |
| van Luijt | 75 | 145 | / |
| van Lidth | 75 | 90 | / |
| van Lauwe | 75 | 79 | / |
| van Loeij | 75 | 10 | / |
| van Laast | 75 | 7 | / |
| van Luiyt | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Layes | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Leach | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Leath | 75 | 0 | / |
| van Loy | 71 | 684 | / |
| van Lee | 71 | 402 | / |
| van Lue | 71 | 48 | / |
| van Loe | 71 | 46 | / |
| van Let | 71 | 34 | / |
| von Lau | 71 | 6 | / |
| van Lou | 71 | 3 | / |
| von Las | 71 | 2 | / |
| van Leu | 71 | 2 | / |
| van Lys | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Ler | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Luy | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Looy | 67 | 4,158 | / |
| van Leer | 67 | 706 | / |
| van Leth | 67 | 226 | / |
| van Loey | 67 | 168 | / |
| van Luyt | 67 | 95 | / |
| van Lowe | 67 | 31 | / |
| von Laue | 67 | 25 | / |
| von Luiz | 67 | 10 | / |
| van Luyd | 67 | 9 | / |
| von Luis | 67 | 6 | / |
| Van-Lith | 67 | 5 | / |
| van Loye | 67 | 3 | / |
| von Lapp | 67 | 2 | / |
| van Leet | 67 | 2 | / |
| van Leys | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Loue | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Lai
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis