de Villiers Surname
Approximately 32,155 people bear this surname
de Villiers Surname Definition:
“Of the Village”, in French. Also place name in Northern France (Villiers-la-Sec).
de Villiers Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 29,803 | 1:1,818 | 224 |
| Australia | 805 | 1:33,535 | 4,419 |
| England | 485 | 1:114,883 | 11,756 |
| New Zealand | 291 | 1:15,561 | 2,711 |
| United States | 130 | 1:2,788,146 | 165,890 |
| Canada | 103 | 1:357,724 | 32,292 |
| France | 80 | 1:830,284 | 98,964 |
| Kuwait | 67 | 1:56,727 | 6,926 |
| Puerto Rico | 62 | 1:57,260 | 1,222 |
| Singapore | 43 | 1:128,086 | 5,748 |
| Thailand | 32 | 1:2,207,448 | 250,768 |
| Qatar | 31 | 1:76,064 | 7,685 |
| Namibia | 29 | 1:83,083 | 7,912 |
| Scotland | 22 | 1:243,355 | 12,191 |
| Mozambique | 16 | 1:1,703,848 | 2,274 |
| Wales | 14 | 1:221,038 | 13,576 |
| Netherlands | 14 | 1:1,206,227 | 70,951 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| Austria | 10 | 1:851,544 | 67,454 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11 | 1:2,215,943 | 64,354 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
The alternate forms: de Villiërs (3) are calculated separately.
de Villiers (157) may also be a first name.
de Villiers Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
“Of the Village”, in French. Also place name in Northern France (Villiers-la-Sec).
de Villiers Demographics
Average de Villiers Salary in
United States
$72,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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de Villiers Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name de Villiers Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name de Villiers occurs most in South Africa. It may also occur as a variant: de Villiërs. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name de Villiers? popularity and diffusion
The last name de Villiers is the 17,237th most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 226,638 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of de Villiers reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 732,696th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 157 people.
The last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 29,803 people, or 1 in 1,818. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Western Cape, where 34 percent are found, Gauteng, where 29 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 7 percent are found. Not including South Africa this last name occurs in 62 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 3 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.
de Villiers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of de Villiers has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname increased 4,409 percent between 1881 and 2014.
de Villiers Last Name Statistics demography
The amount de Villiers earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 65.96% more than the national average, earning R 394,392 per year; in United States they earn 68.89% more than the national average, earning $72,875 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18% more than the national average, earning $58,628 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| de Villiërs | 97 | 3 | / |
| de Villierrs | 96 | 1 | / |
| de Villierss | 96 | 1 | / |
| de Villiiers | 96 | 1 | / |
| de Villers | 95 | 454 | / |
| de Vlliers | 95 | 1 | / |
| de Villirs | 95 | 1 | / |
| De-Villiers | 91 | 20 | / |
| de Villeirs | 91 | 2 | / |
| de Willers | 86 | 11 | / |
| De-Villers | 86 | 2 | / |
| de Vıllıers | 82 | 1 | / |
| de Flers | 74 | 76 | / |
| de Fleurs | 70 | 14 | / |
| des Fleurs | 67 | 2 | / |
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