van Louw Surname

576,965th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 545 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Namibia

van Louw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Louw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4271:126,88014,917
Namibia1131:21,3223,671
England31:18,572,686338,250
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Louwe9444/
van Louws941/
van Lowe8831/
Van-Louw881/
van Lauwe8279/
van Law8021/
van Luv802/
van Lov800/
van Liew75196/
van Loef75109/
Van-Lowe758/
van Laub752/
von Lowe751/
van Leew751/
van Laws751/
van Leiw750/
Van-Lauwe711/
von Lob672/
van Lab671/
van Lijf63183/
von Luft6310/
van Leaf631/
Van-Liew631/
von Lauff591/

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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
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