van Looij Surname
Approximately 306 people bear this surname
van Looij Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 268 | 1:63,012 | 10,837 |
| Belgium | 33 | 1:348,383 | 38,592 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
van Looij Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Looij Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Looij is found most in The Netherlands. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of van Looij.
How Common Is The Last Name van Looij? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 881,213th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 23,815,510 people. van Looij occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of van Looij live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname van Looij is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 268 people, or 1 in 63,012. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: North Holland, where 32 percent reside, North Brabant, where 21 percent reside and South Holland, where 15 percent reside. Beside The Netherlands this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 11 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Loij | 94 | 26 | / |
| van Looi | 94 | 13 | / |
| van Loeij | 89 | 10 | / |
| van Loo | 88 | 6,829 | / |
| van Loi | 88 | 10 | / |
| van Looy | 82 | 4,158 | / |
| van Loos | 82 | 34 | / |
| van Loot | 82 | 3 | / |
| van Leij | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Luij | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Liej | 82 | 0 | / |
| van Lo | 80 | 5 | / |
| van Li | 80 | 3 | / |
| van Luijt | 78 | 145 | / |
| van Louis | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Loy | 75 | 684 | / |
| van Lit | 75 | 579 | / |
| van Lis | 75 | 111 | / |
| van Loh | 75 | 100 | / |
| van Loe | 75 | 46 | / |
| Van-Loo | 75 | 30 | / |
| van Lai | 75 | 16 | / |
| van Lie | 75 | 5 | / |
| van Lou | 75 | 3 | / |
| van Loc | 75 | 3 | / |
| van Loa | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Lohuis | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Lith | 71 | 2,940 | / |
| van Luit | 71 | 305 | / |
| van Loey | 71 | 168 | / |
| van Lowe | 71 | 31 | / |
| Van-Looy | 71 | 6 | / |
| van Loye | 71 | 3 | / |
| van Luiz | 71 | 3 | / |
| van Lich | 71 | 3 | / |
| van Liss | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Lipp | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Lidt | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Luis | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Litt | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Hlei | 71 | 1 | / |
| van List | 71 | 1 | / |
| von Loop | 71 | 1 | / |
| von Loot | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Loue | 71 | 0 | / |
| van Leit | 71 | 0 | / |
| van Le | 67 | 407 | / |
| van Lidth | 67 | 90 | / |
| van La | 67 | 12 | / |
| van Lu | 67 | 11 | / |
| van Ly | 67 | 7 | / |
| Van-Li | 67 | 2 | / |
| van Luiyt | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Lloyd | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Looij
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