van Leunen Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Leunen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Leunen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands771:219,31429,463
United States131:27,881,456736,413
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

van Leunen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name van Leunen Come From? nationality or country of origin

van Leunen is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name van Leunen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,967,751st most frequently held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 80,972,732 people. The last name van Leunen occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of van Leunen are found; 86 percent are found in Western Europe and 86 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 77 people, or 1 in 219,314. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: North Brabant, where 57 percent reside, Friesland, where 17 percent reside and Groningen, where 9 percent reside. Beside The Netherlands van Leunen is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent reside.

van Leunen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of van Leunen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the van Leunen last name increased 433 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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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  • 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 Leunen
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