van Looken Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
van Looken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 59 | 1:194,858 | 25,672 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
van Looken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Looken Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Looken is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Looken? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,460,878th most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 119,467,966 people. The last name van Looken occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of van Looken live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most commonly held in Belgium, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 194,858. In Belgium van Looken is most common in: Flemish Region, where 100 percent are found. Beside Belgium van Looken is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 2 percent are found and Thailand, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Laken | 84 | 84 | / |
| van Leuken | 80 | 726 | / |
| van Luyken | 80 | 25 | / |
| van Lochen | 80 | 2 | / |
| von Locken | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Luijken | 76 | 86 | / |
| van Logchen | 76 | 1 | / |
| von Lucken | 70 | 50 | / |
| von Lücken | 70 | 4 | / |
| Van-Lacken | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Luchen | 70 | 1 | / |
| von Lauken | 70 | 0 | / |
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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 Looken
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis