van Luunen Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Luunen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Luunen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands281:603,11352,179
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

van Luunen Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Luunen is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

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

It is the 3,665,662nd most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of van Luunen live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname van Luunen is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 603,113. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: Gelderland, where 96 percent reside and Utrecht, where 4 percent reside. Aside from The Netherlands this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Lunen95113/
van Luinen90134/
van Luenen9092/
van Leunen9090/
van Luynen901/
van Luijnen868/
von Lunen8424/
van Loenen802,656/
van Lienen80177/
von Linen740/
von Lienen7033/
Van-Loenen701/
von Lunink701/

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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 Luunen
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