van Leuwen Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Leuwen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Leuwen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands181:938,17663,634
England41:13,929,515290,718
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
France11:66,422,722504,397
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Lewen958/
van Leuiwen950/
van Leewen9035/
van Lewin8445/
von Lewen841/
van Leeven8035/
von Liewen8014/
van Leaven8011/
Van-Leewen801/
van Luvn780/
van Loben7442/
Van-Lewin7414/
van Löben749/
von Lowen741/
van Lovn670/

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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
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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 Leuwen
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