van Lis Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Aruba

van Lis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Lis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands731:231,33130,466
South Africa271:2,006,58290,678
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Aruba11:103,4772,586
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van Lis Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Lis occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

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

The last name is the 1,736,881st most commonly occurring surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 74 percent of van Lis live; 72 percent live in Western Europe and 66 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname van Lis is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 73 people, or 1 in 231,331. In The Netherlands it is most common in: South Holland, where 82 percent are found, Utrecht, where 10 percent are found and North Holland, where 7 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 24 percent are found and Belgium, where 6 percent are found.

van Lis Last Name Statistics demography

van Lis earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 46.19% more than the national average, earning R 347,412 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Lies9337/
van Liss931/
van Luis931/
van List931/
van Lise930/
van Li923/
van Lit86579/
van Lai8616/
van Loi8610/
van Lie865/
van Lys861/
van Lith802,940/
van Luit80305/
van Loij8026/
von Luis806/
van Luiz803/
van Lich803/
van Luij801/
van Hlei801/
van Litt801/
van Lipp801/
van Lidt801/
van Leys801/
van Leij801/
van Liej800/
van Leit800/
van Le77407/
van La7712/
van Ly777/
Van-Li772/
van Leest75946/
van Looij75306/
van Luijt75145/
van Lidth7590/
van Loeij7510/
von Liszt752/
von Leiss751/
van Lease750/
van Loy71684/
van Lee71402/
van Let7134/
van Lay712/
van Leu712/
van Loa711/
von Lai711/
van Ler711/
van Luy711/
van Looy674,158/
van Leer67706/
van Leth67226/
van Loey67168/
van Luyt6795/
von Luiz6710/
van Luyd679/
Van-Lith675/
van Leet672/
van Lyce670/

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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 Lis
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