van Lessen Surname
Approximately 96 people bear this surname
van Lessen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 69 | 1:1,166,746 | 76,492 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
van Lessen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Lessen Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Lessen is more commonly found in Germany 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 Lessen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,894,523rd most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. The last name van Lessen occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of van Lessen reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name van Lessen is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 69 people, or 1 in 1,166,746. In Germany van Lessen is primarily found in: Lower Saxony, where 75 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 9 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 6 percent reside. Not including Germany van Lessen is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 13 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Leussen | 95 | 382 | / |
| van Leijssen | 91 | 1 | / |
| van Leusen | 90 | 311 | / |
| van Leysen | 90 | 49 | / |
| von Lessen | 90 | 0 | / |
| van Leijsen | 86 | 308 | / |
| van Leene | 84 | 52 | / |
| van Leten | 84 | 1 | / |
| von Leesen | 80 | 15 | / |
| van Lijsen | 80 | 2 | / |
| van Lissem | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Lean | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Lein | 78 | 0 | / |
| van Leijten | 76 | 1 | / |
| van Luyten | 70 | 91 | / |
| van Luyn | 67 | 282 | / |
| van Luin | 67 | 127 | / |
| van Linh | 67 | 17 | / |
| van Lyne | 67 | 0 | / |
| van Luijn | 63 | 416 | / |
| van Luinn | 63 | 0 | / |
| Van-Luyn | 56 | 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 Lessen
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