van Lit Surname

551,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 579 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Lit Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Lit Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands5051:33,4405,579
Belgium281:410,59442,948
New Zealand221:205,83320,770
England121:4,643,172139,951
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van Lit Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Lit is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

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

The surname is the 551,387th most frequent last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 12,586,435 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of van Lit live; 92 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most common in The Netherlands, where it is held by 505 people, or 1 in 33,440. In The Netherlands van Lit is most prevalent in: South Holland, where 39 percent reside, North Brabant, where 19 percent reside and Gelderland, where 15 percent reside. Beside The Netherlands this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 5 percent reside and New Zealand, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Lith932,940/
van Luit93305/
van Litt931/
van Lidt931/
van List931/
van Leit930/
van Li923/
van Luijt88145/
van Lidth8890/
van Lis86111/
van Let8634/
van Lai8616/
van Loi8610/
van Lie865/
van Leth80226/
van Luyt8095/
van Loij8026/
Van-Lith805/
van Luiz803/
van Lich803/
van Leet802/
van Luij801/
van Hlei801/
van Liss801/
van Lipp801/
van Luis801/
van Leij801/
van Liej800/
van Le77407/
van La7712/
van Ly777/
Van-Li772/
van Leest75946/
van Looij75306/
van Loeij7510/
von Leite756/
von Liszt752/
van Leeth752/
van Luydt751/
van Leath750/
van Loy71684/
van Lee71402/
van Leu712/
van Lay712/
von Lai711/
van Loa711/
van Ler711/
van Lys711/
van Luy711/
von Leicht710/
van Looy674,158/
van Leer67706/
van Loey67168/
von Luiz6710/
van Luyd679/
von Luis676/
van Leys671/

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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 Lit
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