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 |