Most Common Surnames in Friesland, With Meanings

Most Common Last Names In Friesland

Forebears knows about 30,792 unique surnames in Friesland and there are 21 people per name.

Rank	Surname	Incidence	Frequency	Percent of Parent	Rank in Netherlands
1	de Vries	12,653	1:51	16.20%	3
2	de Jong	11,778	1:54	12.90%	1
3	Dijkstra	8,479	1:75	31.57%	22
4	de Boer	7,538	1:85	17.31%	9
5	Visser	6,819	1:94	12.22%	7
6	Hoekstra	6,581	1:97	36.50%	37
7	Postma	4,979	1:129	37.23%	65
8	Veenstra	4,636	1:138	34.08%	62
9	van der Veen	3,896	1:164	20.45%	33
10	Bakker	3,784	1:169	6.14%	4
11	van der Wal	3,543	1:181	23.62%	53
12	de Haan	3,487	1:184	16.04%	30
13	van der Meer	3,153	1:203	13.92%	28
14	Zijlstra	3,025	1:212	32.28%	112
15	Bosma	2,995	1:214	31.07%	108
16	Brouwer	2,721	1:235	9.29%	20
17	van der Meulen	2,708	1:236	25.43%	92
18	Kooistra	2,694	1:238	45.35%	217
19	van Dijk	2,681	1:239	4.62%	6
20	Bouma	2,453	1:261	36.44%	175
21	Boersma	2,420	1:264	30.02%	136
22	de Groot	2,407	1:266	5.86%	10
23	Mulder	2,371	1:270	5.79%	11
24	Wiersma	2,311	1:277	32.23%	160
25	Terpstra	2,272	1:282	34.05%	178
26	Feenstra	2,150	1:298	34.24%	195
27	Boonstra	2,037	1:314	33.34%	209
28	Hiemstra	2,031	1:315	46.32%	359
29	Bergsma	1,938	1:330	35.27%	239
30	Faber	1,892	1:338	22.59%	132
31	Kuipers	1,836	1:349	11.62%	47
32	van der Heide	1,796	1:356	26.70%	176
33	Bos	1,763	1:363	4.48%	13
34	Meijer	1,701	1:376	4.27%	12
35	Miedema	1,625	1:394	38.52%	379
36	Reitsma	1,592	1:402	39.96%	412
37	Smit	1,562	1:410	3.34%	8
38	Elzinga	1,492	1:429	39.68%	445
39	Koopmans	1,476	1:434	23.65%	196
40	Westra	1,413	1:453	29.73%	320
41	Bruinsma	1,410	1:454	27.85%	292
42	Bijlsma	1,331	1:481	33.55%	417
43	Kramer	1,327	1:482	8.63%	51
44	de Graaf	1,324	1:483	5.77%	27
44	Douma	1,324	1:483	32.31%	397
46	van der Zee	1,304	1:491	22.42%	226
47	van der Velde	1,281	1:500	12.63%	101
48	van der Werf	1,245	1:514	17.88%	167
48	Venema	1,245	1:514	17.07%	154
50	Hofstra	1,192	1:537	40.49%	610
51	Adema	1,189	1:538	36.91%	545
52	Kingma	1,179	1:543	37.52%	562
53	van der Ploeg	1,139	1:562	18.65%	210
54	Huisman	1,113	1:575	6.76%	44
55	van der Molen	1,106	1:579	20.47%	251
56	van der Berg	1,100	1:582	3.34%	16
57	Jansen	1,060	1:604	1.28%	2
58	Jongsma	1,037	1:617	35.91%	630
59	Huitema	1,004	1:637	49.39%	1,031
60	Jonker	994	1:644	7.86%	72
61	Jager	967	1:662	11.22%	123
61	Woudstra	967	1:662	34.73%	664
63	Spoelstra	928	1:690	35.45%	717
64	Post	925	1:692	6.05%	52
65	Jansma	905	1:707	35.50%	749
66	Nicolai	892	1:717	44.16%	1,041
67	van der Woude	888	1:721	19.15%	331
68	Posthumus	865	1:740	30.73%	658
69	Talsma	862	1:742	50.23%	1,303
70	Brandsma	859	1:745	29.46%	621
71	de Bruin	855	1:748	4.52%	34
72	de Jager	832	1:769	9.69%	125
72	Nauta	832	1:769	24.79%	519
74	Wagenaar	822	1:778	15.38%	262
75	Bootsma	816	1:784	35.74%	883
76	Vries	812	1:788	15.34%	268
77	Osinga	799	1:801	41.96%	1,132
78	Groen	796	1:804	5.87%	63
79	Wijbenga	792	1:808	49.87%	1,452
80	Prins	786	1:814	4.64%	42
81	Heida	773	1:828	49.97%	1,509
81	van der Bij	773	1:828	55.61%	1,724
83	Broersma	763	1:839	39.35%	1,101
84	Hamstra	750	1:853	38.28%	1,079
85	Kuiper	733	1:873	4.94%	54
86	Akkerman	726	1:881	19.31%	445
87	de Wit	720	1:889	2.78%	23
88	Wouda	717	1:892	32.18%	910
89	Kloosterman	713	1:897	17.71%	405
90	Riemersma	710	1:901	42.82%	1,360
91	van der Kooi	703	1:910	37.78%	1,156
91	van der Schaaf	703	1:910	30.15%	850
93	Koster	697	1:918	3.98%	39
93	Stienstra	697	1:918	38.79%	1,216
95	Kok	690	1:927	2.96%	25
95	Witteveen	690	1:927	16.75%	395
97	Sijtsma	687	1:931	36.86%	1,154
97	van der Laan	687	1:931	6.26%	88
99	Plantinga	677	1:945	42.63%	1,452

100	van der Veer	667	1:959	12.11%	238
101	Wassenaar	647	1:989	21.35%	595
102	Hofman	641	1:998	6.12%	97
103	Geertsma	637	1:1,005	44.70%	1,676
103	Koning	637	1:1,005	4.85%	68
105	Braaksma	634	1:1,009	34.61%	1,180
106	Boomsma	627	1:1,021	34.08%	1,169
107	Tolsma	624	1:1,025	37.91%	1,373
108	Schaap	621	1:1,030	6.61%	111
109	Veltman	614	1:1,042	15.75%	426
110	Schotanus	611	1:1,047	38.19%	1,429
111	Boer	608	1:1,052	4.12%	56
111	de Ruiter	608	1:1,052	4.63%	67
111	Jorritsma	608	1:1,052	39.00%	1,494
111	Krol	608	1:1,052	17.36%	492
111	Vos	608	1:1,052	1.78%	14
111	Wijma	608	1:1,052	38.58%	1,464
111	Zwart	608	1:1,052	8.41%	157
118	Jellema	598	1:1,070	33.28%	1,216
119	Dijk	594	1:1,077	7.38%	137
119	Vellinga	594	1:1,077	36.80%	1,413
121	van der Sluis	591	1:1,083	11.07%	264
121	Zuidema	591	1:1,083	15.66%	440
123	Haarsma	578	1:1,107	47.34%	2,049