van Law Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Law Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Law Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:19,076,786604,894
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

van Law Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Law is most common in The United States. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

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

The last name van Law is the 4,307,654th most commonly used last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 95 percent of van Law reside; 95 percent reside in North America and 95 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name van Law is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 19,076,786. In The United States van Law is most common in: Colorado, where 21 percent are found, Florida, where 21 percent are found and South Carolina, where 21 percent are found. Other than The United States it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 5 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 5 percent are found.

van Law Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of van Law has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the van Law surname increased 119 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Laws931/
van Lauwe8879/
van Lab861/
van Louw80545/
van Lowe8031/
van Laub802/
van Leaf801/
van Leiw800/
van Louwe7544/
van Louws751/
Van-Lauwe751/
van Lov710/
Van-Lowe678/
Van-Louw671/
von Lowe671/
von Lauff631/
von Lob572/

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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 Law
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