van Laun Surname

1,882,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 97 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

van Laun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Laun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa501:1,083,55464,652
England401:1,392,95161,553
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

van Laun Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Laun occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

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

The surname van Laun is the 1,882,912th most frequent last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. van Laun is mostly found in Africa, where 52 percent of van Laun are found; 52 percent are found in Southern Africa and 52 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name van Laun is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 1,083,554. In South Africa it is most frequent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 46 percent reside, Western Cape, where 36 percent reside and Gauteng, where 18 percent reside. Aside from South Africa this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 41 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 6 percent reside.

van Laun Last Name Statistics demography

van Laun earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 53.58% more than the national average, earning R 364,968 per year.

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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 Laun
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