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 surname van Looij occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of van Looij.
How Common Is The Last Name van Looij? popularity and diffusion
It is the 881,213th most prevalent last name globally, borne by around 1 in 23,815,510 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of van Looij are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 268 people, or 1 in 63,012. In The Netherlands van Looij is most frequent in: North Holland, where 32 percent live, North Brabant, where 21 percent live and South Holland, where 15 percent live. Apart from The Netherlands it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 11 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.
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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