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 Male de Villiers Height
176.31 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
de Villiers Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name de Villiers Come From? nationality or country of origin
de Villiers is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can occur as: de Villiërs. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name de Villiers? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 17,237th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 226,638 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of de Villiers reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. de Villiers is also the 732,696th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 157 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 29,803 people, or 1 in 1,818. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Western Cape, where 34 percent live, Gauteng, where 29 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 7 percent live. Aside from South Africa this surname occurs in 62 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 3 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.
de Villiers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of de Villiers has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname expanded 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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