van Ly Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

van Ly Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Ly Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

van Ly (20) may also be a first name.

van Ly Last Name Facts

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

van Ly is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

van Ly is the 7,117,718th most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 57 percent of van Ly are found; 43 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 43 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. van Ly is also the 2,446,817th most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 20 people.

The last name is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 9,831,408. In Malaysia it is primarily found in: Kuala Lumpur, where 67 percent live and Perak, where 33 percent live. Beside Malaysia this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 14 percent live and Belgium, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Loy92684/
van Lay922/
van Luy921/
van Lys921/
van Looy864,158/
van Loey86168/
van Luyt8695/
van Luyd869/
van Leys861/
van Le83407/
van La8312/
van Li833/
van Luydt801/
van Lloyd801/
van Lit77579/
van Lee77402/
van Lis77111/
van Let7734/
van Lai7716/
van Loi7710/
van Lie775/
van Leu772/
van Loa771/
van Ler771/
van Lith712,940/
van Leer71706/
van Luit71305/
van Leth71226/
van Loij7126/
Van-Looy716/
van Luiz713/
van Lich713/
van Leet712/
van Litt711/
van Luij711/
van Hlei711/
van Liss711/
van Lipp711/
van Lidt711/
van Luis711/
van List711/
van Leij711/
van Liej710/
van Leit710/
van Leest67946/
van Looij67306/
van Luijt67145/
van Lidth6790/
van Geele6725/
von La6724/
van Loeij6710/
Van-Le677/
von Le673/
von Lloyd672/
van Leeth672/
Van-Li672/
van Leach671/
van Leath670/

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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 Ly
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