van Lee Surname

723,769th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 402 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Lee Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Lee Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2771:60,96510,486
Belgium811:141,93420,189
United States291:12,498,584473,286
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
France11:66,422,722504,397
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
England11:55,718,059489,080
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

van Lee (10) may also be a first name.

van Lee Last Name Facts

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

van Lee is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

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

This surname is the 723,769th most commonly held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 18,128,224 people. The surname van Lee occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of van Lee reside; 90 percent reside in Western Europe and 89 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used given name world-wide, held by 10 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 277 people, or 1 in 60,965. In The Netherlands van Lee is mostly concentrated in: North Brabant, where 59 percent reside, Gelderland, where 14 percent reside and South Holland, where 8 percent reside. Excluding The Netherlands van Lee exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 20 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.

van Lee Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of van Lee has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the van Lee last name expanded 363 percent between 1880 and 2014.

van Lee Last Name Statistics demography

van Lee earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 56.68% more than the national average, earning $67,604 USD 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
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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 Lee
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