de Neef Surname

159,381st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,738 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Neef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Neef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1,8251:6,300797
Netherlands6261:26,9764,401
France1711:388,43757,373
Australia341:793,99150,673
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
United States121:30,204,911765,334
England91:6,190,895170,599
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Albania11:2,914,05529,474

de Neef Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Neef is held by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

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

The last name de Neef is the 159,381st most common family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 2,661,631 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of de Neef live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 81 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname de Neef is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is carried by 1,825 people, or 1 in 6,300. In Belgium it is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 87 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 9 percent live and Walloon Region, where 4 percent live. Outside of Belgium this last name occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 23 percent live and France, where 6 percent live.

de Neef Last Name Statistics demography

de Neef earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 26.54% less than the national average, earning R 174,576 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Neeff9332/
de Neefe9318/
de Neefs931/
de Nef9293/
de Neff863/
de Nief863/
De-Neef862/
de Neuf860/
de Noeff800/
de New778/
de Nev771/
de Nijf711/
der Najaf631/
de Nauw57172/
da Neva571/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 de Neef
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