van Look Surname

609,110th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 508 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Look Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Look Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium2651:43,3847,087
Netherlands1181:143,11221,745
Germany711:1,133,88074,985
Australia181:1,499,76175,721
Austria111:774,13064,097
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
France21:33,211,361423,184
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
England21:27,859,030389,889
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151

van Look Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Look is found most in Belgium. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of van Look.

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

It is the 609,110th most frequently held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 14,345,563 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of van Look are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most common in Belgium, where it is carried by 265 people, or 1 in 43,384. In Belgium it is most prevalent in: Flemish Region, where 94 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 5 percent live and Walloon Region, where 0 percent live. Outside of Belgium this last name exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 23 percent live and Germany, where 14 percent live.

van Look Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of van Look has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the van Look last name decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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
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  • 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 Look
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