de Boer Surname

11,227th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50,005 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Boer Surname Definition:

(Dutch) One who tilled the soil, a farmer; one who rose from the peasant class.

de Boer Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands43,5431:3889
Australia1,2751:21,1732,936
Canada1,0091:36,5174,646
South Africa9551:56,7317,203
United States6901:525,30343,812
Germany3801:211,85623,990
England2971:187,60316,709
Belgium2861:40,1986,567
New Zealand2711:16,7102,922
Brazil2571:832,97430,116
Thailand1741:405,96871,274
France1111:598,40379,437
Switzerland1081:76,0468,868
Spain921:508,17425,386
Suriname831:6,6581,580
Sweden751:131,2909,286
Denmark501:112,89410,491
Austria351:243,29828,936
Singapore341:161,9916,884
Norway251:205,69123,411
Scotland241:223,07611,507
Argentina161:2,671,463118,579
Venezuela151:2,013,60524,362
Aruba141:7,3911,045
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Hungary121:818,02342,199
Philippines101:10,123,822213,993
Italy101:6,115,669111,715
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
China51:273,464,31313,838
Wales41:773,63329,106
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Curaçao41:39,312638
Azerbaijan41:2,412,28025,948
Cyprus31:294,9598,690
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Turks and Caicos Islands21:17,164627
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Nicaragua21:3,010,5457,383
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Northern Mariana Islands11:54,5801,498
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Malta11:430,2723,380
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Show All Nations
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States701:717,41046,098

de Boer Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Dutch) One who tilled the soil, a farmer; one who rose from the peasant class.

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(Dutch/Flemish), the Boor. Boerhaave, Farm-house.

— Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon
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de Boer Demographics

Average Male de Boer Height

179.57 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 51 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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de Boer Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Boer (Arabic: ديبور) occurs most in The Netherlands. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Boer? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 11,227th most widespread surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 145,736 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 90 percent of de Boer are found; 89 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname de Boer is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 43,543 people, or 1 in 388. In The Netherlands de Boer is mostly concentrated in: North Holland, where 26 percent reside, Friesland, where 17 percent reside and South Holland, where 12 percent reside. Apart from The Netherlands this surname is found in 91 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 3 percent reside and Canada, where 2 percent reside.

de Boer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of de Boer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the de Boer surname expanded 986 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 5,940 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 800 percent between 1881 and 2014.

de Boer Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Boer earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 3.99% less than the national average, earning 332,264 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 9.64% more than the national average, earning R 260,556 per year; in United States they earn 59.24% more than the national average, earning $68,710 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.25% more than the national average, earning $51,300 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Boyer9362/
de Boerr935/
de Bower933/
de Boere932/
de Boerd931/
de Bouer931/
de Boier930/
de Boe92495/
de Bor923/
de Beer8653,092/
de Beir86549/
de Boey86241/
de Boed86163/
de Voer86161/
de Baer86123/
de Boes8681/
de Bear8673/
de Boet8641/
De-Boer8625/
de Boor8622/
de Bier8610/
de Bour862/
de Boez861/
de Beur861/
da Boer861/
de Buer861/
de Borr860/
de Baere802,567/
de Beyer80264/
de Bejar8095/
de Buyer8060/
de Boeij8033/
de Voyer809/
de Bauer804/
de Bayer803/
de Beier802/
de Behar802/
de Boest802/
de Bijer801/
de Boyre801/
de Báere801/
de Boire801/
de Beirt801/
der Beer801/
de Bierr801/
de Boore800/
De-Boe774/
de Bur771/
da Bor771/
de Bauwer752/
de Boeije751/
der Boest750/
de Buhr71431/
de Bure7166/
de Booi7133/
De-Beer7125/
de Baes7121/
de Baey7111/
de Buur7111/
De-Bear719/
de Voir716/
de Buoi715/
de Baet712/
de Báez712/
de Vear711/
de Boui711/
De-Boey711/
De-Bour711/
di Bier711/
de Vour711/
de Baur710/
de Baets673,309/
de Booij67431/
de Boois6743/
de Bayar678/
de Béjar672/
de Buire672/
da Bayor672/
de Baére671/
de Baère671/
de Vejar671/
da Bohir671/
de Baest671/
de Bouis670/
de Buois670/
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de Boer Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
de Boer in the Arabic language
ديبورdybwr-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Boer
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