van Lu Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

van Lu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Lu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Canada41:9,211,398321,528

van Lu Last Name Facts

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

van Lu occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

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

It is the 5,812,366th most common last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of van Lu reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname van Lu is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 51,779,848. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 29 percent reside, Louisiana, where 14 percent reside and Massachusetts, where 14 percent reside. Outside of The United States this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Canada, where 36 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Luu9245/
van Lau927/
van Lou923/
van Leu922/
van Luy921/
van Lut921/
van Luit86305/
van Luyt8695/
van Luyd869/
van Luiz863/
van Laus861/
van Luij861/
van Lutt861/
van Luch861/
van Luis861/
van Luijt80145/
van Luydt801/
van Loo776,829/
van Loe7746/
von Lau776/
von Lou771/
van Looy714,158/
van Loey71168/
von Luiz7110/
von Leue717/
von Luis716/
van Looij67306/
van Loeij6710/
Van-Loo6230/
von Loe625/
Van-Looy576/

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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 Lu
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