Bezuidenhout Surname

13,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42,128 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Bezuidenhout Surname Definition:

“To the South of the Forest”. Hout, literally wood, is often applied in this sense in Holland.

Bezuidenhout Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa39,3081:1,378157
Namibia9411:2,560408
England3151:176,88316,062
Australia2731:98,88511,203
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Zimbabwe1891:81,68411,934
Malawi1831:93,54711,397
United States1561:2,323,455144,218
New Zealand1521:29,7925,213
Botswana831:26,3495,307
Canada541:682,32655,162
United Arab Emirates391:234,93015,673
Mozambique251:1,090,4631,880
Scotland211:254,94412,577
Thailand191:3,717,808320,775
Netherlands161:1,055,44866,951
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Oman101:368,7975,193
Northern Ireland101:184,5049,341
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Angola91:2,998,8024,903
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Lesotho71:290,36515,938
Wales61:515,75523,171
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Libya41:1,560,9943,087
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
China41:341,830,39216,990
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Cayman Islands21:31,9461,715
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
France11:66,422,722504,397
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Samoa11:193,8081,089

Bezuidenhout (12) may also be a first name.

Bezuidenhout Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“To the South of the Forest”. Hout, literally wood, is often applied in this sense in Holland.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

Bezuidenhout Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bezuidenhout occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bezuidenhout? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 13,279th most prevalent surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 172,986 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Bezuidenhout reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 12 people.

This last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 39,308 people, or 1 in 1,378. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 31 percent are found, Western Cape, where 14 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 11 percent are found. Beside South Africa this last name is found in 55 countries. It is also found in Namibia, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Bezuidenhout Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Bezuidenhout surname are 17.52% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.29% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Bezuidenhout earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 77.17% more than the national average, earning R 421,020 per year; in United States they earn 24.57% more than the national average, earning $53,750 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.42% more than the national average, earning $51,382 CAD per year.

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