de Wijze Surname

1,434,893rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 150 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Wijze Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Wijze 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
Netherlands1371:123,26419,295
England51:11,143,612252,590
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

de Wijze Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Wijze occurs most in The Netherlands. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of de Wijze.

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

The surname is the 1,434,893rd most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of de Wijze live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name de Wijze is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 137 people, or 1 in 123,264. In The Netherlands it is most common in: Zeeland, where 38 percent reside, South Holland, where 26 percent reside and Gelderland, where 24 percent reside. Outside of The Netherlands this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 3 percent reside and Belgium, where 1 percent reside.

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
de Weijze9442/
de Wijer8896/
de Wijse8852/
de Waijer8223/
de Weze8031/
de Wyze802/
de Bize801/
de Wise801/
de Waaijer7819/
de Weeze7515/
de Vizeu758/
de Weyze756/
de Baize755/
de Voize751/
de Wiese751/
de Weiza751/
de Weise750/
de Weisse7113/
de Wissey710/
de Wyse6760/
de Vijt6713/
de Bise6710/
de Wese677/
de Vise676/
de Wege675/
de Vizi674/
de Vice674/
da Vije671/
de Veze671/
de Bèze671/
de Waisser671/
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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
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  • 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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Wijze
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