van Louwe Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

van Louwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Louwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada211:1,754,552114,935
South Africa201:2,708,885106,094
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

van Louwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Louwe is borne by more people in Canada than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

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

This surname is the 2,944,094th most commonly used last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 48 percent of van Louwe reside; 48 percent reside in North America and 48 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname van Louwe is most frequently held in Canada, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 1,754,552. In Canada it is most numerous in: Ontario, where 100 percent live. Beside Canada this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 45 percent live and Sweden, where 5 percent live.

van Louwe Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Louwe earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 37.11% less than the national average, earning R 149,448 per year and in Canada they earn 4.59% more than the national average, earning $51,963 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Louw94545/
van Lowe9431/
van Lauwe8979/
Van-Lowe828/
Van-Louw821/
von Lowe821/
van Love820/
von Loewe7813/
van Leeue782/
Van-Lauwe781/
van Law7521/
van Lohuis741/
van Leuver741/
van Leiw710/
van Leeve67243/
von Luwisch601/
van Lavi591/
Van-Leeve561/

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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 Louwe
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