Schuurman Surname
Approximately 8,772 people bear this surname
Schuurman Surname Definition:
“Guardian of the Barn” in Dutch. Compare Groote Schuur.
Read More About This SurnameSchuurman Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 7,199 | 1:2,346 | 159 |
| Canada | 385 | 1:95,703 | 10,417 |
| South Africa | 368 | 1:147,222 | 16,772 |
| United States | 356 | 1:1,018,143 | 74,968 |
| Belgium | 92 | 1:124,964 | 18,228 |
| Australia | 79 | 1:341,718 | 28,950 |
| Germany | 71 | 1:1,133,880 | 74,985 |
| New Zealand | 46 | 1:98,442 | 13,260 |
| France | 33 | 1:2,012,810 | 168,616 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Finland | 23 | 1:238,987 | 19,121 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Schuurman Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
“Guardian of the Barn” in Dutch. Compare Groote Schuur.
User-submitted Reference
Schuurman consists of two Dutch words: schuur and man. To schuur refers to scouring something, like sanding paper with wood; and man refer to a man. So this last name is from a profession of an ancestor.
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Average Male Schuurman Height
178.6 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Schuurman Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schuurman Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Schuurman occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schuurman? popularity and diffusion
It is the 57,713th most widespread last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 830,774 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 85 percent of Schuurman are found; 84 percent are found in Western Europe and 84 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 7,199 people, or 1 in 2,346. In The Netherlands Schuurman is mostly found in: Gelderland, where 21 percent live, Overijssel, where 20 percent live and North Holland, where 17 percent live. Apart from The Netherlands this last name exists in 43 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 4 percent live and South Africa, where 4 percent live.
Schuurman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Schuurman has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 3,956 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Schuurman Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Schuurman are 9.02% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.79% being registered with the party.
The amount Schuurman earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 21.12% more than the national average, earning R 287,820 per year; in United States they earn 20.85% more than the national average, earning $52,146 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.26% more than the national average, earning $53,786 CAD per year.
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