de Wit Surname

15,302nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36,412 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Wit Surname Definition:

(Flemish) The White [Flemish de, the; wit, white]

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de Wit 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
Netherlands25,9211:65123
Belgium4,6531:2,471214
South Africa3,0821:17,5792,208
Australia8521:31,6854,216
France2971:223,64634,695
Canada2641:139,56714,363
England1831:304,47023,072
United States1611:2,251,298140,756
New Zealand1411:32,1165,589
Spain1271:368,12620,695
Brazil1021:2,098,76866,021
Guatemala781:206,1883,870
Thailand661:1,070,278160,486
Germany641:1,257,89880,532
Switzerland501:164,25815,252
Sweden471:209,50514,512
Mexico391:3,182,72323,538
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Italy231:2,658,98696,069
Suriname191:29,0855,642
Denmark191:297,09021,940
United Arab Emirates171:538,95723,493
Austria101:851,54467,454
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
Wales71:442,07621,198
Chile71:2,516,63933,195
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
Luxembourg41:145,1366,519
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Malta41:107,5681,849
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Curaçao41:39,312638
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
China31:455,773,85521,925
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Barbados21:143,7241,981
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

de Wit Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Flemish) The White [Flemish de, the; wit, white]

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Dutch) The light-complexioned or white-haired man.

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(Dutch/Flemish), the White. Witlage, White hollow or valley. Witlandt, White land. Witmondt, White mouth. Witte- kop, White head. Wittenberg, White hill or Hill of council. (variant: Whitmore.)

— Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

User-submitted Reference

This is a Dutch and Flemish surname, meaning 'white', denoting someone with white hair or pale skin.

- deleted-173293

Literal translation from Dutch: 'the white one'.

- tinytino
DNA test information
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de Wit Demographics

Average de Wit Salary in
United States

$79,406 USD

Per year
Rank:
61,139 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
2.23456E-5
Rank: 243,311 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
184.02%
Sample size: 24 (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 Wit Last Name Facts

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

de Wit is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

de Wit is the 15,302nd most commonly used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 200,141 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 86 percent of de Wit live; 85 percent live in Western Europe and 83 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name de Wit is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 25,921 people, or 1 in 651. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: South Holland, where 24 percent live, North Holland, where 23 percent live and North Brabant, where 17 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands this last name exists in 76 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 13 percent live and South Africa, where 8 percent live.

de Wit Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of de Wit has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the de Wit last name expanded 18,300 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 894 percent between 1880 and 2014.

de Wit Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Wit earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 65.06% more than the national average, earning R 392,244 per year; in United States they earn 84.03% more than the national average, earning $79,406 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.81% less than the national average, earning $49,282 CAD per year.

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de Witt925,988/
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de Wait921/
de Whit920/
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der Wijst801/
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de Vite776/
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de Weydt711/
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