van Leesten Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
van Leesten Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suriname | 38 | 1:14,543 | 3,502 |
| Netherlands | 23 | 1:734,225 | 57,169 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
van Leesten Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Leesten Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Leesten is most common in Suriname. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Leesten? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,333,370th most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 108,769,342 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 66 percent of van Leesten are found; 57 percent are found in South America and 57 percent are found in Gallo-Germanic South America.
It is most frequently used in Suriname, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 14,543. Barring Suriname it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 34 percent reside and The United States, where 9 percent reside.
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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 Leesten
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