van Lin Surname

830,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 333 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Lin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Lin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2981:56,6689,739
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382

van Lin Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Lin is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

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

This surname is the 830,559th most frequent last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 21,884,522 people. The surname van Lin occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of van Lin are found; 93 percent are found in Western Europe and 93 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname van Lin is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 298 people, or 1 in 56,668. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: Limburg, where 40 percent are found, Gelderland, where 31 percent are found and North Brabant, where 17 percent are found. Beside The Netherlands van Lin is found in 9 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent are found and Germany, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Lint931,585/
van Ling93288/
van Lien93152/
van Luin93127/
van Linn93121/
van Link931/
van Lindt88268/
van Luinn880/
van Lyn8616/
van Len866/
Van-Lin861/
van Lent803,071/
van Leen80208/
van Loen80136/
van Lehn8026/
Van-Lint807/
von Lind805/
Van-Linn801/
van Leng801/
van Luen800/
van Leent75400/
van Lendt7552/
van Geelen71663/
van Lem713/
Van-Loen675/
van Leem675/
von Lühn671/
von Lehn671/
von Leen671/

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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 Lin
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