van Lem Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Lem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Lem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Leem935/
van Liem932/
van Len866/
van Lent803,071/
van Leen80208/
van Lien80152/
van Loen80136/
van Lehn8026/
van Leng801/
von Lemm801/
van Luen800/
van Leent75400/
van Lendt7552/
van Geelen71663/
van Lin71333/
van Lyn7116/
van Lint671,585/
van Ling67288/
van Luin67127/
van Linn67121/
Van-Loen675/
von Lehn671/
von Leen671/
van Link671/
van Lindt63268/
van Luinn630/
Van-Lin571/
Van-Lint537/
von Lind535/
von Lühn531/
Van-Linn531/

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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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