van Lyf Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
van Lyf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
van Lyf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Lyf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Lyf is found most in The Netherlands. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Lyf? popularity and diffusion
The last name van Lyf is the 6,063,924th most frequently held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 60 percent of van Lyf live; 60 percent live in Western Europe and 60 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname van Lyf is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 2,814,529. In The Netherlands van Lyf is most numerous in: Utrecht, where 83 percent live and North Holland, where 17 percent live. Excluding The Netherlands it is found in one country. It is also found in Australia, where 40 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Ulf | 86 | 2 | / |
| van Olf | 86 | 1 | / |
| van Lijf | 80 | 183 | / |
| van Loef | 80 | 109 | / |
| van Alff | 80 | 36 | / |
| van Wolf | 80 | 8 | / |
| van Leaf | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Welf | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Wolff | 75 | 2 | / |
| van Wolfe | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Lew | 71 | 58 | / |
| Vanlevy | 71 | 5 | / |
| Vanwolf | 71 | 5 | / |
| van Luv | 71 | 2 | / |
| Vanloef | 71 | 2 | / |
| Vannolf | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vanlauf | 71 | 0 | / |
| van Lov | 71 | 0 | / |
| van Liew | 67 | 196 | / |
| von Wolf | 67 | 5 | / |
| Vanwolfe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vaniloff | 67 | 2 | / |
| von Helf | 67 | 2 | / |
| van Lavi | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Leew | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vanilyev | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Elve | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Love | 67 | 0 | / |
| van Leiw | 67 | 0 | / |
| Van-Lew | 57 | 9 | / |
| von Leeb | 53 | 8 | / |
| Van-Liew | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Lyf
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