van Lem Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
van Lem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Lem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Lem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Lem is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Lem? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 10,311,814th most commonly used family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. van Lem occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of van Lem live; 67 percent live in Western Europe and 67 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 8,443,588. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: North Holland, where 50 percent reside and South Holland, where 50 percent reside. Apart from The Netherlands it occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 33 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Leem | 93 | 5 | / |
| van Liem | 93 | 2 | / |
| van Len | 86 | 6 | / |
| van Lent | 80 | 3,071 | / |
| van Leen | 80 | 208 | / |
| van Lien | 80 | 152 | / |
| van Loen | 80 | 136 | / |
| van Lehn | 80 | 26 | / |
| van Leng | 80 | 1 | / |
| von Lemm | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Luen | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Leent | 75 | 400 | / |
| van Lendt | 75 | 52 | / |
| van Geelen | 71 | 663 | / |
| van Lin | 71 | 333 | / |
| van Lyn | 71 | 16 | / |
| van Lint | 67 | 1,585 | / |
| van Ling | 67 | 288 | / |
| van Luin | 67 | 127 | / |
| van Linn | 67 | 121 | / |
| Van-Loen | 67 | 5 | / |
| von Lehn | 67 | 1 | / |
| von Leen | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Link | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Lindt | 63 | 268 | / |
| van Luinn | 63 | 0 | / |
| Van-Lin | 57 | 1 | / |
| Van-Lint | 53 | 7 | / |
| von Lind | 53 | 5 | / |
| von Lühn | 53 | 1 | / |
| Van-Linn | 53 | 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
- 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 Lem
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