van Leent Surname

726,304th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 400 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Leent Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Leent Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3261:51,8018,890
Belgium431:267,36432,244
Australia241:1,124,82162,883
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
England11:55,718,059489,080
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419

van Leent Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Leent is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of van Leent click here.

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

The surname is the 726,304th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 18,218,865 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of van Leent are found; 92 percent are found in Western Europe and 92 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most common in The Netherlands, where it is held by 326 people, or 1 in 51,801. In The Netherlands van Leent is most prevalent in: North Brabant, where 43 percent live, South Holland, where 25 percent live and Gelderland, where 8 percent live. Other than The Netherlands it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 11 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.

van Leent Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of van Leent has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the van Leent surname declined 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Lent943,071/
van Leen94208/
van Lente89571/
van Lendt8952/
van Len886/
van Lenthe84615/
van Lint821,585/
van Lien82152/
van Loen82136/
van Lehn8226/
van Leem825/
von Leen821/
van Leng821/
van Luen820/
van Lindt78268/
Van-Lente782/
von Lentz781/
van Lin75333/
van Lyn7516/
van Lem753/
van Geelen74663/
von Lenthe747/
van Ling71288/
van Luin71127/
van Linn71121/
Van-Lint717/
Van-Loen715/
von Lehn711/
van Link711/
van Glind671/
van Luinn670/
Van-Lin631/
von Lind595/
von Lühn591/
Van-Linn591/

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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 Leent
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