van Leeuw Surname

737,137th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 392 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Leeuw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Leeuw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium3601:31,9355,168
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
France51:13,284,544357,392
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

van Leeuw Last Name Facts

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

van Leeuw is more frequently found in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

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

van Leeuw is the 737,137th most common family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,590,678 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of van Leeuw reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 68 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most commonly held in Belgium, where it is borne by 360 people, or 1 in 31,935. In Belgium it is primarily concentrated in: Walloon Region, where 42 percent reside, Brussels Capital Region, where 30 percent reside and Flemish Region, where 28 percent reside. Other than Belgium van Leeuw occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 4 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 2 percent reside.

van Leeuw Last Name Statistics demography

van Leeuw earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 43.21% less than the national average, earning R 134,952 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Leeuwe95474/
Vanleeuw94310/
van Leew941/
Van-Leeuw891/
van Lieuw890/
van Lew8858/
Vanleew880/
van Louw82545/
van Liew82196/
van Leiw820/
Vanlew80199/
Vanliew75734/
van Law7521/
Van-Lew759/
Vanlouw752/
Vanleiw752/
Vanloew751/
Van-Louw711/
Van-Liew711/
Vanlow6753/
Vanlaw6736/
Fanlew670/
von Löw6313/
van Willow631/
Vanliaw631/
Vonlowew591/
Fanlow531/
Finlew531/
Vinalow501/
Vunalaw501/
Finleyw500/
Fanelow500/

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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 Leeuw
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