Ooijevaar Surname

760,012th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 376 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Ooijevaar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ooijevaar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3681:45,8897,807
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Ooijevaar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ooijevaar is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ooijevaar.

How Common Is The Last Name Ooijevaar? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ooijevaar is the 760,012th most widespread surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 19,381,771 people. The last name Ooijevaar is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Ooijevaar are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 368 people, or 1 in 45,889. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: North Holland, where 72 percent are found, South Holland, where 16 percent are found and Utrecht, where 4 percent are found. Excluding The Netherlands Ooijevaar occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 2 percent are found and Belgium, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Ojevaar8836/
Ooyevaar82153/
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Ijevar8017/
Jevahar754/
Jevar7151/
Jeshvaar711/
Jesvar67502/
Jevare67239/
Jhevar6771/
Igevar6766/
Jevard6720/
Hoevar6720/
Ogevar6717/
Jeevar678/
Osevar678/
Jevear676/
Ajevar674/
Jeavar674/
Jeabar673/
Jevarh671/
Ozivar671/
Ijebar671/
Ievare671/
Evahar671/
Isevar671/
Jetvar671/
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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
  • 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 Ooijevaar
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