Adriaan Surname

390,071st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 908 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Suriname

Adriaan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adriaan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6921:78,2919,706
Indonesia791:1,674,040109,461
Netherlands511:331,12138,060
Suriname381:14,5433,502
United States131:27,881,456736,413
England101:5,571,806158,774
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
France11:66,422,722504,397
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432

Adriaan (36,106) may also be a first name.

Adriaan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Adriaan is most common in South Africa. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Adriaan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 390,071st most widespread family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 8,025,932 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Adriaan live; 76 percent live in Southern Africa and 76 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 24,144th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 36,106 people.

Adriaan is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 692 people, or 1 in 78,291. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 48 percent are found, Western Cape, where 25 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 15 percent are found. Aside from South Africa this last name is found in 21 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 9 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 6 percent are found.

Adriaan Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Adriaan earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 16.4% less than the national average, earning R 198,660 per year and in United States they earn 152.54% more than the national average, earning $108,969 USD per year.

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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 Adriaan
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