van Leeve Surname

1,035,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 243 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

van Leeve Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Leeve Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2271:238,66824,509
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
England51:11,143,612252,590
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

van Leeve Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Leeve is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

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

van Leeve is the 1,035,555th most frequently held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 29,989,901 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of van Leeve are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 227 people, or 1 in 238,668. In South Africa van Leeve is mostly found in: Western Cape, where 66 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 18 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 8 percent live. Apart from South Africa this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 3 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.

van Leeve Last Name Statistics demography

van Leeve earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 85.77% more than the national average, earning R 441,468 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Leeue892/
Van-Leeve891/
van Leuver841/
van Lewe8220/
van Love820/
van Lowe7131/
van Lavi711/
van Lauwe6779/
van Louwe6744/
von Loewe6713/
van Lewis6711/
Van-Lowe598/
von Lowe591/
van Lijsbeth571/
von Lewis568/
Van-Lauwe561/

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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 Leeve
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