Vanleeuw Surname

872,430th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 310 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Vanleeuw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vanleeuw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium3081:37,3276,097
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Vanleeuw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Vanleeuw is most common in Belgium. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Vanleeuw? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 872,430th most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 23,508,213 people. Vanleeuw occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Vanleeuw live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 91 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most common in Belgium, where it is held by 308 people, or 1 in 37,327. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 92 percent live, Walloon Region, where 7 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Belgium this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Leeuw94392/
Vanleeuwe9452/
Van-Leeuw941/
Vanleew930/
van Leew881/
Vanlew86199/
van Lieuw820/
Vanliew80734/
van Lew8058/
Van-Lew809/
Vanlouw802/
Vanleiw802/
Vanloew801/
van Louw75545/
van Liew75196/
Van-Liew751/
Van-Louw751/
van Leiw750/
Vanlow7153/
Vanlaw7136/
Fanlew710/
van Law6721/
Vanliaw671/
Vonlowew631/
Vinlaw571/
Fanlow571/
Finlew571/
van Willow561/
von Löw5313/
Vinalow531/
Vunalaw531/
Finleyw530/
Fanelow530/

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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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