van Langen Surname

292,126th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,309 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Langen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Langen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1,1751:14,3722,145
United States761:4,769,196247,034
Canada331:1,116,53381,834
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
France41:16,605,680368,153
England31:18,572,686338,250
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

van Langen Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Langen is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

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

The last name is the 292,126th most common surname globally, held by around 1 in 5,567,262 people. The last name van Langen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of van Langen live; 91 percent live in Western Europe and 90 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 1,175 people, or 1 in 14,372. In The Netherlands van Langen is most prevalent in: North Holland, where 42 percent are found, Gelderland, where 15 percent are found and Overijssel, where 12 percent are found. Excluding The Netherlands it occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.

van Langen Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Langen earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 25.94% more than the national average, earning $54,342 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.05% less than the national average, earning $40,715 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Lagen95430/
von Langen9031/
Van-Langen902/
von Langenn861/
van Loingen861/
Van-Lagen841/
Von-Langen801/
van Loughen760/
van Loggem7046/
von Leugen700/

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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
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  • 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 Langen
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