van Leven Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
van Leven Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 1:4,221,794 | 131,139 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
van Leven Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Leven Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Leven is most common in Israel. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Leven? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most frequently used last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name van Leven occurs predominantly in Europe, where 56 percent of van Leven reside; 56 percent reside in Western Europe and 44 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequently held in Israel, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 2,139,408. In Israel van Leven is most numerous in: Jerusalem District, where 75 percent reside and Judea and Samaria Area, where 25 percent reside. Not including Israel it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 44 percent reside and France, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Leuven | 95 | 2,474 | / |
| van Leeven | 95 | 35 | / |
| van Leaven | 95 | 11 | / |
| van Lieven | 95 | 6 | / |
| Van't Leven | 90 | 1 | / |
| van Loven | 89 | 56 | / |
| van Laven | 89 | 3 | / |
| von Lieven | 84 | 22 | / |
| van Leuvin | 84 | 0 | / |
| von Laven | 78 | 4 | / |
| van Lawen | 78 | 0 | / |
| van Lijsbetten | 70 | 1 | / |
| von Lowen | 67 | 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 Leven
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