de Visser Surname

75,277th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,522 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Visser Surname User-submission:

A typically Dutch name; it literally means 'the fisherman'. In the family tree of one particular family, records dating back to 1453 were found in Zeeland, in the delta of the Rhine river, another set of records, dated 1475 were found in Boxtel, near 's Hertogenbosch.

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de Visser 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
Netherlands5,5991:3,016233
Sri Lanka3651:57,0106,293
Belgium1291:89,12113,878
Australia1181:228,77721,625
South Africa811:668,86148,796
Canada781:472,37940,609
United States381:9,538,393399,091
England321:1,741,18971,393
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
France81:8,302,840321,660
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Suriname41:138,1547,029
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

de Visser Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

A typically Dutch name; it literally means 'the fisherman'. In the family tree of one particular family, records dating back to 1453 were found in Zeeland, in the delta of the Rhine river, another set of records, dated 1475 were found in Boxtel, near 's Hertogenbosch. It is expected that these people were fishermen which became the reason for their name.

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de Visser Demographics

Average de Visser Salary in
United States

$39,679 USD

Per year
Rank:
761,042 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
3.25672E-6
Rank: 788,061 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
91.95%
Sample size: 7 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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de Visser Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Visser is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of de Visser click here.

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

It is the 75,277th most frequently occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 1,117,379 people. The surname de Visser is primarily found in Europe, where 89 percent of de Visser live; 88 percent live in Western Europe and 88 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 5,599 people, or 1 in 3,016. In The Netherlands de Visser is mostly found in: South Holland, where 31 percent are found, Zeeland, where 23 percent are found and North Brabant, where 16 percent are found. Without taking into account The Netherlands this last name is found in 35 countries. It is also found in Sri Lanka, where 6 percent are found and Belgium, where 2 percent are found.

de Visser Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of de Visser has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 3,800 percent between 1880 and 2014.

de Visser Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Visser earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 168.85% more than the national average, earning R 638,880 per year; in United States they earn 8.04% less than the national average, earning $39,679 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.57% more than the national average, earning $51,457 CAD per year.

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Vissher951/
de Viser941/
de Visscher901,984/
de Vaissier908/
de Vusser89103/
de Fisser899/
De-Visser894/
de Vise886/
de Visschere8675/
de Veusser849/
de Huisser845/
de Vischer843/
de Waisser841/
de Vuser828/
de Viese822/
de Vesse821/
de Voise820/
de Vuyssere8062/
de Boissier805/
De-Visscher801/
de Boisse7814/
de Weisse7813/
de Fisher789/
de Vaissi783/
de Buiser783/
de Wesser781/
De-Vesser781/
de Wissey780/
de Visschère761/
de Visa7521/
de Bise7510/
de Vice754/
de Wise751/
de Buysser74156/
de Vuysere7411/
de Fischer745/
de Voicier744/
de Buijser743/
des Fisher741/
de Buijsscher733/
de Byser7166/
de Wijse7152/
de Weser7148/
de Boise7127/
de Bissy7112/
de Vesey717/
de Besse716/
de Baise715/
de Huise711/
de Voize711/
de Wiese711/
de Weise710/
de Buyssere701/
de Buyser67827/
de Buysscher67389/
de Bayser67105/
de Boyser6745/
de Beusscher6742/
de Vichet6734/
de Boissy6719/
de Beyser6712/
de Buizer6712/
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