van Luven Surname

889,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 302 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

van Luven Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Luven Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada1991:185,15418,322
United States981:3,698,561204,970
England21:27,859,030389,889
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States521:965,74457,486

van Luven Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Luven occurs in Canada more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of van Luven click here.

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

The last name is the 889,654th most widely held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 24,130,947 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of van Luven live; 98 percent live in North America and 98 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname van Luven is most frequently occurring in Canada, where it is borne by 199 people, or 1 in 185,154. In Canada van Luven is mostly concentrated in: Ontario, where 79 percent reside, British Columbia, where 11 percent reside and Alberta, where 4 percent reside. Not including Canada this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 32 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

van Luven Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of van Luven has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the van Luven last name increased 188 percent between 1880 and 2014.

van Luven Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Luven earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 55.54% more than the national average, earning $67,113 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.27% more than the national average, earning $50,810 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Leuven952,474/
van Lueven951/
van Luuven951/
van Louven950/
Van-Luven892/
van Lieven846/
van Leuvem841/
van Looven840/
van Leuvin840/
von Lieven7422/

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van Luven Reference & Research

Van Leuven FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Luven
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis