van Liew Surname

1,202,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 196 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

van Liew Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Liew Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1951:1,858,764121,141
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1551:323,99225,248

van Liew Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name van Liew Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname van Liew occurs most in The United States. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name van Liew? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,202,518th most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 37,181,357 people. van Liew is primarily found in The Americas, where 96 percent of van Liew reside; 96 percent reside in North America and 96 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname van Liew is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 195 people, or 1 in 1,858,764. In The United States van Liew is most frequent in: New Jersey, where 18 percent live, Washington, where 13 percent live and California, where 9 percent live. Besides The United States it occurs in one country. It is also common in Thailand, where 1 percent live.

van Liew Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of van Liew has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the van Liew surname increased 126 percent between 1880 and 2014.

van Liew Last Name Statistics demography

van Liew earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 42.85% more than the national average, earning $61,638 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Lew9358/
van Leew881/
Van-Liew881/
van Leiw880/
Van-Lew809/
van Louw75545/
van Lijf75183/
van Loef75109/
van Leaf751/
van Louws711/
van Lyf6710/
von Leeb638/
van Laub632/
Van-Louw631/

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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 Liew
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