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 occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Lessen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,894,523rd most frequently held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of van Lessen reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname van Lessen is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne 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. Other than Germany van Lessen exists in 3 countries. It is also found 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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