van Leek Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Leek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Leek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands421:402,07642,431
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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 found most in The Netherlands. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of van Leek.

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

The last name is the 2,944,094th most commonly held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of van Leek live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.

van Leek is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 402,076. In The Netherlands van Leek is mostly concentrated in: Utrecht, where 38 percent are found, Friesland, where 24 percent are found and North Brabant, where 24 percent are found. Barring The Netherlands it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Hleeck890/
van Leke881/
van Luek880/
van Leuck8225/
van Lueck821/
van Lecke821/
van Luik75402/
van Luyk75356/
van Legg751/
van Lick750/
van Luijk711,144/
van Luyck71148/
van Loucks674/
van Luycks671/
van Luijks671/
Van-Luyk638/
van Ligt631/
von Luyk631/

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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 Leek
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