van Leek Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
van Leek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 42 | 1:402,076 | 42,431 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Leek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Leek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Leek is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of van Leek click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Leek? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,944,094th most commonly used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of van Leek live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 402,076. In The Netherlands van Leek is most prevalent in: Utrecht, where 38 percent live, Friesland, where 24 percent live and North Brabant, where 24 percent live. Apart from The Netherlands it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Hleeck | 89 | 0 | / |
| van Leke | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Luek | 88 | 0 | / |
| van Leuck | 82 | 25 | / |
| van Lueck | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Lecke | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Luik | 75 | 402 | / |
| van Luyk | 75 | 356 | / |
| van Legg | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Lick | 75 | 0 | / |
| van Luijk | 71 | 1,144 | / |
| van Luyck | 71 | 148 | / |
| van Loucks | 67 | 4 | / |
| van Luycks | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Luijks | 67 | 1 | / |
| Van-Luyk | 63 | 8 | / |
| van Ligt | 63 | 1 | / |
| von Luyk | 63 | 1 | / |
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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 Leek
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