van Louw Surname
Approximately 545 people bear this surname
van Louw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 427 | 1:126,880 | 14,917 |
| Namibia | 113 | 1:21,322 | 3,671 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Louw Demographics
Average van Louw Salary in
South Africa
R 293,016
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
van Louw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Louw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Louw is found most in South Africa. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Louw? popularity and diffusion
The last name van Louw is the 576,965th most numerous last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 13,371,644 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of van Louw reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 427 people, or 1 in 126,880. In South Africa van Louw is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 44 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 20 percent are found and Gauteng, where 20 percent are found. Outside of South Africa this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 21 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
van Louw Last Name Statistics demography
van Louw earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 23.3% more than the national average, earning R 293,016 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Louwe | 94 | 44 | / |
| van Louws | 94 | 1 | / |
| van Lowe | 88 | 31 | / |
| Van-Louw | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Lauwe | 82 | 79 | / |
| van Law | 80 | 21 | / |
| van Luv | 80 | 2 | / |
| van Lov | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Liew | 75 | 196 | / |
| van Loef | 75 | 109 | / |
| Van-Lowe | 75 | 8 | / |
| van Laub | 75 | 2 | / |
| von Lowe | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Leew | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Laws | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Leiw | 75 | 0 | / |
| Van-Lauwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| von Lob | 67 | 2 | / |
| van Lab | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Lijf | 63 | 183 | / |
| von Luft | 63 | 10 | / |
| van Leaf | 63 | 1 | / |
| Van-Liew | 63 | 1 | / |
| von Lauff | 59 | 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 Louw
- 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