Sjoerds Surname

1,422,956th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 152 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Sjoerds Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sjoerds 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
Netherlands1481:114,10318,152
Canada41:9,211,398321,528

Sjoerds Last Name Facts

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

Sjoerds is most common in The Netherlands. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sjoerds? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,422,956th most common family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 47,944,381 people. The surname Sjoerds is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Sjoerds live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 148 people, or 1 in 114,103. In The Netherlands Sjoerds is primarily concentrated in: North Holland, where 43 percent reside, South Holland, where 9 percent reside and Friesland, where 9 percent reside. Other than The Netherlands this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sjoerts8626/
Sords8345/
Sourds77223/
Shords770/
Soords770/
Shourds71324/
Soertsz7132/
Schords710/
Sheurds710/
Sorts67104/
Surds670/
Sordz670/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Sjoerds
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis