de Wijk Surname

1,286,243rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 177 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Wijk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Wijk 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
Netherlands1641:102,97116,665
England71:7,959,723202,100
New Zealand31:1,509,44147,971
France11:66,422,722504,397
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

de Wijk Last Name Facts

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

de Wijk occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

de Wijk is the 1,286,243rd most prevalent last name in the world, held by around 1 in 41,172,576 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of de Wijk live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 164 people, or 1 in 102,971. In The Netherlands de Wijk is primarily concentrated in: Groningen, where 24 percent live, South Holland, where 20 percent live and Drenthe, where 11 percent live. Apart from The Netherlands de Wijk occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 4 percent live and New Zealand, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
der Wijk931/
de Wick8611/
de Wike860/
de Wyk772/
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de Vick7111/
de Wyke713/
de Boik711/
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de Boick6725/
de Weeck671/
de Vic622/
de Weg621/
De-Wyk621/
de Vicq5790/
de Beek5757/
de Beuk579/
de Vieq571/
de Beak570/
de Voigt5372/
de Buyck5342/
de Bouck5320/
de Hueck5310/
de Waegh5310/
de Beeck535/
de Weegh534/
der Beek532/
de Bauck531/
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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 Wijk
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