van Lyn Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

van Lyn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Lyn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139

van Lyn Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Lyn is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of van Lyn click here.

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

The surname van Lyn is the 4,908,606th most frequent family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of van Lyn are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 3,386,106. In South Africa van Lyn is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 56 percent reside, Free State, where 38 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 6 percent reside.

van Lyn Last Name Statistics demography

van Lyn earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 37.75% less than the national average, earning R 147,936 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Lin86333/
van Len866/
van Lent803,071/
van Lint801,585/
van Ling80288/
van Leen80208/
van Lien80152/
van Loen80136/
van Luin80127/
van Linn80121/
van Lehn8026/
van Link801/
van Leng801/
van Luen800/
van Leent75400/
van Lindt75268/
van Lendt7552/
van Luinn750/
van Geelen71663/
van Lem713/
Van-Lin711/
Van-Lint677/
von Lind675/
van Leem675/
Van-Loen675/
von Lühn671/
von Lehn671/
von Leen671/
Van-Linn671/

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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 Lyn
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