van Leijden Surname
Approximately 477 people bear this surname
van Leijden Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 445 | 1:37,949 | 6,409 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Leijden Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Leijden Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Leijden is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Leijden? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 638,206th most commonly held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 15,277,874 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of van Leijden live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname van Leijden is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 445 people, or 1 in 37,949. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: South Holland, where 54 percent reside, North Holland, where 23 percent reside and North Brabant, where 13 percent reside. Excluding The Netherlands van Leijden is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 3 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Leiden | 95 | 107 | / |
| van Lijden | 95 | 32 | / |
| van Leden | 90 | 1 | / |
| van Ledden | 86 | 268 | / |
| van Leyden | 86 | 138 | / |
| van Leeden | 86 | 1 | / |
| van Leuden | 86 | 0 | / |
| van Leusden | 82 | 746 | / |
| von Leden | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Lyden | 80 | 1 | / |
| von Leyden | 76 | 1 | / |
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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 Leijden
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