van Land Surname

2,635,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 54 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Land Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Land Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands521:324,75337,631
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

van Land Last Name Facts

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

van Land is found most in The Netherlands. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

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

The last name van Land is the 2,635,433rd most commonly held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of van Land live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname van Land is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 324,753. In The Netherlands van Land is primarily found in: Utrecht, where 27 percent reside, Gelderland, where 21 percent reside and Groningen, where 13 percent reside. Beside The Netherlands van Land exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent reside.

van Land Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of van Land has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the van Land last name increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Land
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