Vanderleyden Surname

1,666,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 119 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Vanderleyden Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vanderleyden Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1171:98,26215,033
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Vanderleyden Last Name Facts

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

Vanderleyden occurs in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Vanderleyden.

How Common Is The Last Name Vanderleyden? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,666,404th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 61,239,882 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Vanderleyden are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 88 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widespread in Belgium, where it is borne by 117 people, or 1 in 98,262. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 90 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 9 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Belgium this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Vanderleyden Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Vanderleyden has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Vanderleyden last name decreased 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Vanderleyden
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