Oosthuizen Surname

11,249th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49,937 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Oosthuizen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oosthuizen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa42,5311:1,274137
Mozambique4,9441:5,5141,220
Namibia5271:4,572838
England3911:142,50113,810
Australia3531:76,4758,947
Zimbabwe1961:78,76711,570
United States1901:1,907,679123,720
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
New Zealand1411:32,1165,589
Netherlands941:179,65125,733
Canada701:526,36644,416
Suriname511:10,8362,716
Botswana501:43,7398,388
Kuwait481:79,1819,331
Thailand281:2,522,798271,580
Ireland271:174,4057,679
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Zambia101:1,584,99231,679
Swaziland91:144,244719
Angola91:2,998,8024,903
Bermuda71:9,3261,286
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Belize61:59,2462,743
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
Mauritius51:258,6838,939
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Wales41:773,63329,106
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
China21:683,660,78330,601
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
France11:66,422,722504,397
San Marino11:33,214932
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Malta11:430,2723,380
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Jersey11:99,2026,620

Oosthuizen (15) may also be a first name.

Oosthuizen Last Name Facts

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

Oosthuizen is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Oosthuizen click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oosthuizen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 11,249th most frequently used last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 145,935 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Oosthuizen live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 87 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently occurring given name internationally, held by 15 people.

The surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 42,531 people, or 1 in 1,274. In South Africa Oosthuizen is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 33 percent reside, Western Cape, where 16 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 9 percent reside. Other than South Africa it is found in 60 countries. It is also found in Mozambique, where 10 percent reside and Namibia, where 1 percent reside.

Oosthuizen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Oosthuizen surname are 11.29% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.06% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Oosthuizen earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 80.47% more than the national average, earning R 428,856 per year; in United States they earn 31.67% more than the national average, earning $56,815 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.47% more than the national average, earning $62,338 CAD per year.

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Footnotes

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