van Leyden Surname
Approximately 138 people bear this surname
van Leyden Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 130 | 1:129,901 | 20,177 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
van Leyden Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Leyden Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Leyden is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Leyden? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,511,557th most commonly held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 52,808,304 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 96 percent of van Leyden reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name van Leyden is most common in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 130 people, or 1 in 129,901. In The Netherlands van Leyden is primarily found in: South Holland, where 67 percent are found, North Holland, where 18 percent are found and Gelderland, where 6 percent are found. Outside of The Netherlands this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent are found and Belgium, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Leden | 95 | 1 | / |
| van Lyden | 95 | 1 | / |
| van Ledden | 90 | 268 | / |
| van Leiden | 90 | 107 | / |
| von Leyden | 90 | 1 | / |
| van Leeden | 90 | 1 | / |
| van Leuden | 90 | 0 | / |
| van Leusden | 86 | 746 | / |
| van Leijden | 86 | 477 | / |
| von Leden | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Lijden | 80 | 32 | / |
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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 Leyden
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