van Leijen Surname
Approximately 507 people bear this surname
van Leijen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 493 | 1:34,254 | 5,723 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
van Leijen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Leijen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Leijen is found most in The Netherlands. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Leijen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 609,992nd most commonly used family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 14,373,858 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of van Leijen live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 493 people, or 1 in 34,254. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: North Holland, where 39 percent live, Gelderland, where 22 percent live and South Holland, where 15 percent live. Excluding The Netherlands it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and Thailand, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Leijsen | 95 | 308 | / |
| van Lijen | 95 | 1 | / |
| van Lijsen | 90 | 2 | / |
| van Lien | 89 | 152 | / |
| van Looijen | 86 | 89 | / |
| van Luijn | 84 | 416 | / |
| van Leusen | 80 | 311 | / |
| van Leysen | 80 | 49 | / |
| van Leuzen | 80 | 29 | / |
| van Laeten | 80 | 2 | / |
| van Leerzen | 76 | 1 | / |
| van Lagen | 74 | 430 | / |
| van Leuyn | 74 | 1 | / |
| von Legen | 74 | 0 | / |
| van Laetem | 70 | 30 | / |
| von Leesen | 70 | 15 | / |
| von Leugen | 70 | 0 | / |
| van Liem | 67 | 2 | / |
| van Liemt | 63 | 105 | / |
| Van-Lagen | 63 | 1 | / |
| van Liemtd | 60 | 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 Leijen
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