van Lancker Surname
Approximately 1,704 people bear this surname
van Lancker Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 1,534 | 1:7,495 | 1,013 |
| France | 110 | 1:603,843 | 79,953 |
| United States | 25 | 1:14,498,357 | 517,445 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
van Lancker Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Lancker Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Lancker is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Lancker? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 235,986th most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 4,276,729 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of van Lancker live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 76 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is borne by 1,534 people, or 1 in 7,495. In Belgium van Lancker is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 84 percent live, Walloon Region, where 10 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Belgium this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in France, where 6 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Lanckere | 96 | 18 | / |
| Vanlancker | 95 | 463 | / |
| van Lanker | 95 | 50 | / |
| Vanlanckere | 91 | 13 | / |
| Van-Lancker | 91 | 8 | / |
| van Lancher | 91 | 1 | / |
| Vanlanker | 90 | 143 | / |
| van Lance | 90 | 0 | / |
| Van-Lanker | 86 | 2 | / |
| van Lenker | 86 | 1 | / |
| Vanlancre | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vonlyncker | 76 | 1 | / |
| Viana Alencar | 67 | 37 | / |
| Vianna Alencar | 64 | 1 | / |
| van Loon-Goure | 56 | 1 | / |
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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 Lancker
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