van Lewin Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
van Lewin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guyana | 31 | 1:24,588 | 2,860 |
| Panama | 11 | 1:355,660 | 7,645 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Lewin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Lewin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Lewin is found in Guyana more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Lewin? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,909,720th most commonly occurring surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of van Lewin reside; 71 percent reside in South America and 71 percent reside in Gallo-Germanic South America.
This last name is most frequent in Guyana, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 24,588. In Guyana van Lewin is most common in: Demerara-Mahaica, where 61 percent are found, Upper Demerara-Berbice, where 26 percent are found and East Berbice-Corentyne, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Guyana this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Panama, where 24 percent are found and Australia, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van-Lewin | 89 | 14 | / |
| van Lewen | 89 | 8 | / |
| van Leewen | 84 | 35 | / |
| van Leuwen | 84 | 28 | / |
| van Löben | 78 | 9 | / |
| von Lewen | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Leeven | 74 | 35 | / |
| von Liewen | 74 | 14 | / |
| van Leaven | 74 | 11 | / |
| Van-Leewen | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Lovn | 71 | 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
- 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 Lewin
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