van Lingen Surname

202,451st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,057 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Lingen Surname Definition:

From place name in Holland.

van Lingen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1,1501:14,6852,206
South Africa6861:78,9769,779
Belgium661:174,19223,583
United States591:6,143,372295,589
New Zealand241:188,68019,801
Canada231:1,601,982107,690
Australia191:1,420,82673,129
England61:9,286,343223,652
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
France21:33,211,361423,184
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

van Lingen Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From place name in Holland.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

van Lingen Last Name Facts

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

van Lingen is found most in The Netherlands. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

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

This last name is the 202,451st most frequently held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 3,542,803 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 60 percent of van Lingen are found; 59 percent are found in Western Europe and 59 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

van Lingen is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 1,150 people, or 1 in 14,685. In The Netherlands van Lingen is most numerous in: South Holland, where 24 percent live, North Holland, where 20 percent live and Utrecht, where 11 percent live. Excluding The Netherlands this last name is found in 20 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 33 percent live and Belgium, where 3 percent live.

van Lingen Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Lingen earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 74.74% more than the national average, earning R 415,260 per year; in United States they earn 61.88% more than the national average, earning $69,850 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.86% more than the national average, earning $53,588 CAD per year.

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