Vanlessen Surname
Approximately 166 people bear this surname
Vanlessen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 165 | 1:69,677 | 11,129 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
Vanlessen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vanlessen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vanlessen is found most in Belgium. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vanlessen? popularity and diffusion
Vanlessen is the 1,343,156th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. The last name Vanlessen occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Vanlessen are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most widely held in Belgium, where it is borne by 165 people, or 1 in 69,677. In Belgium it is primarily found in: Flemish Region, where 96 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 3 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 1 percent are found. Other than Belgium this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Lesotho, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanleyssen | 95 | 1 | / |
| Vanleusen | 89 | 9 | / |
| Vanleysen | 89 | 4 | / |
| Vanlessem | 89 | 1 | / |
| Vanleyssem | 84 | 16 | / |
| Vanleene | 82 | 325 | / |
| Vanelsen | 82 | 50 | / |
| Vanlen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vonleesen | 78 | 5 | / |
| Vanleucen | 78 | 2 | / |
| Vanlent | 75 | 209 | / |
| Vanlehn | 75 | 108 | / |
| Vanlean | 75 | 4 | / |
| Vanelsn | 75 | 2 | / |
| Vanlene | 75 | 0 | / |
| Vanlenn | 75 | 0 | / |
| Vanlein | 75 | 0 | / |
| Vanelzen | 71 | 88 | / |
| Vatinlen | 71 | 4 | / |
| Vanluyten | 67 | 160 | / |
| Vanlem | 67 | 55 | / |
| Fanuelsen | 67 | 51 | / |
| Wanlen | 67 | 15 | / |
| Vanlizzen | 67 | 8 | / |
| Banlen | 67 | 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
- 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 Vanlessen
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