de Waij Surname

2,635,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 54 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Waij Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Waij 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
Netherlands531:318,62637,214
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

de Waij Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Waij is found most in The Netherlands. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

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

The surname de Waij is the 2,635,433rd most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. de Waij is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of de Waij live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname de Waij is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 53 people, or 1 in 318,626. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: North Holland, where 38 percent are found, South Holland, where 26 percent are found and Flevoland, where 19 percent are found. Apart from The Netherlands it is found in one country. It is also found in Belgium, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Waaij9381/
de Wai921/
de Wij921/
de Wijs861,735/
de Weij8642/
de Wait861/
de Waid860/
de Wa833/
de Baaij80100/
de Weijs8067/
de Way7749/
de Wid7723/
de Wae7720/
de Wei7716/
de Bij7714/
de Bai7712/
de Vai773/
de Was772/
de Waa771/
de Wis771/
De Wat771/
der Wijst751/
de With711,412/
de Waas71455/
de Widt71258/
de Veij7195/
de Beij7194/
de Waay7124/
de Baie7122/
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de Boij7110/
de Baia716/
de Baja713/
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de Bayi712/
de Baje711/
de Waat711/
de Vijo711/
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de Bajo711/
de Vaiz711/
de Baio711/
de Wiia711/
de Whit710/
de Vi67527/
de Booij67431/
de Wacht6799/
de Wasch6749/
de Viejo6743/
de Ua6737/
de Voijs6730/
de Bahia678/
de Watts677/
de Vajee674/
der Watt673/
de Weiss673/
de Weisz672/
de Va672/
de We672/
de Ba672/
da Wi671/
de Witth671/
da Wa671/
de Vijdt671/
Des With671/
de Wy671/
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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 Waij
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