Vanleeuw Surname
Approximately 310 people bear this surname
Vanleeuw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 308 | 1:37,327 | 6,097 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Vanleeuw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vanleeuw Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vanleeuw is most common in Belgium. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vanleeuw? popularity and diffusion
Vanleeuw is the 872,430th most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 23,508,213 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Vanleeuw reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 91 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name Vanleeuw is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is carried by 308 people, or 1 in 37,327. In Belgium Vanleeuw is primarily found in: Flemish Region, where 92 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 7 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent are found. Besides Belgium it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Leeuw | 94 | 392 | / |
| Vanleeuwe | 94 | 52 | / |
| Van-Leeuw | 94 | 1 | / |
| Vanleew | 93 | 0 | / |
| van Leew | 88 | 1 | / |
| Vanlew | 86 | 199 | / |
| van Lieuw | 82 | 0 | / |
| Vanliew | 80 | 734 | / |
| van Lew | 80 | 58 | / |
| Van-Lew | 80 | 9 | / |
| Vanlouw | 80 | 2 | / |
| Vanleiw | 80 | 2 | / |
| Vanloew | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Louw | 75 | 545 | / |
| van Liew | 75 | 196 | / |
| Van-Liew | 75 | 1 | / |
| Van-Louw | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Leiw | 75 | 0 | / |
| Vanlow | 71 | 53 | / |
| Vanlaw | 71 | 36 | / |
| Fanlew | 71 | 0 | / |
| van Law | 67 | 21 | / |
| Vanliaw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vonlowew | 63 | 1 | / |
| Vinlaw | 57 | 1 | / |
| Fanlow | 57 | 1 | / |
| Finlew | 57 | 1 | / |
| van Willow | 56 | 1 | / |
| von Löw | 53 | 13 | / |
| Vinalow | 53 | 1 | / |
| Vunalaw | 53 | 1 | / |
| Finleyw | 53 | 0 | / |
| Fanelow | 53 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Vanleeuw
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