van Lijden Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Lijden Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Lijden Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands311:544,74849,659
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

van Lijden Last Name Facts

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

van Lijden is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of van Lijden.

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

The surname is the 3,485,539th most frequent last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of van Lijden are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 544,748. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: Utrecht, where 45 percent are found, Flevoland, where 16 percent are found and Gelderland, where 16 percent are found. Apart from The Netherlands van Lijden is found in one country. It is also found in Germany, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Leijden95477/
van Leiden90107/
van Leden841/
van Lyden841/
van Ledden80268/
van Leyden80138/
van Leeden801/
van Leuden800/
van Leusden76746/
von Leden741/
von Leyden701/

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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 Lijden
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