Esterhuizen Surname

30,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,515 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Namibia

Esterhuizen Surname Definition:

Corruption of French place name Estreux, near the English Channel.

Place name in Holland.

Esterhuizen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa15,8091:3,427453
Namibia7491:3,217549
Botswana2591:8,4441,491
England1691:329,69324,334
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
New Zealand691:65,62810,016
United States621:5,846,112285,490
Australia601:449,92835,109
Zimbabwe541:285,89329,291
Canada411:898,67368,969
Qatar121:196,50026,891
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Wales71:442,07621,198
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
France41:16,605,680368,153
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422

Esterhuizen (12) may also be a first name.

Esterhuizen Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Corruption of French place name Estreux, near the English Channel.

Place name in Holland.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

Esterhuizen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Esterhuizen occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Esterhuizen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 30,485th most prevalent last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 416,075 people. Esterhuizen occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Esterhuizen reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Esterhuizen is also the 3,306,491st most common given name worldwide, held by 12 people.

This surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 15,809 people, or 1 in 3,427. In South Africa Esterhuizen is most common in: Gauteng, where 30 percent live, Western Cape, where 22 percent live and North West, where 13 percent live. Besides South Africa this last name exists in 36 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 4 percent live and Botswana, where 1 percent live.

Esterhuizen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Esterhuizen last name are 8.31% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 61.54% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Esterhuizen earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 70.72% more than the national average, earning R 405,696 per year; in United States they earn 37.33% more than the national average, earning $59,256 USD per year and in Canada they earn 37.69% more than the national average, earning $68,411 CAD per year.

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