van Laken Surname

2,047,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Laken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van Laken 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
Belgium821:140,20320,001
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van Laken Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Laken is held by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

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

The last name van Laken is the 2,047,559th most frequently used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of van Laken reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name van Laken is most numerous in Belgium, where it is held by 82 people, or 1 in 140,203. In Belgium it is most prevalent in: Flemish Region, where 98 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent live and Walloon Region, where 1 percent live. Aside from Belgium this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 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 Laeken95666/
van Leaken951/
van Laecken90178/
van Leken891/
van Leuken84726/
van Looken8461/
Van-Lacken841/
von Lauken840/
van Lochen742/
von Locken741/
van Logchen701/
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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 Laken
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