van Leuwen Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
van Leuwen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 18 | 1:938,176 | 63,634 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
van Leuwen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Leuwen Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Leuwen occurs most in The Netherlands. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Leuwen? popularity and diffusion
van Leuwen is the 3,730,171st most frequently held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of van Leuwen reside; 79 percent reside in Western Europe and 75 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 938,176. In The Netherlands van Leuwen is primarily concentrated in: North Brabant, where 28 percent are found, South Holland, where 28 percent are found and Utrecht, where 28 percent are found. Aside from The Netherlands this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 14 percent are found and Germany, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Lewen | 95 | 8 | / |
| van Leuiwen | 95 | 0 | / |
| van Leewen | 90 | 35 | / |
| van Lewin | 84 | 45 | / |
| von Lewen | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Leeven | 80 | 35 | / |
| von Liewen | 80 | 14 | / |
| van Leaven | 80 | 11 | / |
| Van-Leewen | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Luvn | 78 | 0 | / |
| van Loben | 74 | 42 | / |
| Van-Lewin | 74 | 14 | / |
| van Löben | 74 | 9 | / |
| von Lowen | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Lovn | 67 | 0 | / |
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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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- 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 Leuwen
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