Strydom Surname

11,044th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50,862 people bear this surname

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

Strydom Surname Definition:

“Field of Conflict” in Old Dutch (Strijd and suffix -dom.) Compare English “King­dom”.

Strydom Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa42,3201:1,280138
Mozambique6,1801:4,4111,010
England4551:122,45712,342
Australia3011:89,68710,310
United States2561:1,415,85597,523
Thailand2251:313,94854,096
New Zealand2151:21,0623,698
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
Namibia1491:16,1702,919
Zimbabwe1341:115,21115,687
Swaziland1261:10,303513
Bahrain591:22,8584,582
Canada541:682,32655,162
Botswana221:99,40615,343
Germany221:3,659,339158,771
Netherlands221:767,59958,330
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Wales131:238,04114,239
Scotland121:446,15118,166
Sudan91:4,167,7995,799
Norway71:734,61250,907
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Afghanistan51:6,430,63727,710
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Mali41:4,242,2592,433
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Lesotho21:1,016,27921,693
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
France21:33,211,361423,184
Iceland21:190,0456,825
China21:683,660,78330,601
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Strydom (141) may also be a first name.

Strydom Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“Field of Conflict” in Old Dutch (Strijd and suffix -dom.) Compare English “King­dom”.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

Strydom Last Name Facts

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

Strydom is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Strydom? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 11,044th most frequently used surname globally, held by around 1 in 143,281 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Strydom are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 84 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Strydom is also the 778,371st most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 141 people.

It is most widespread in South Africa, where it is carried by 42,320 people, or 1 in 1,280. In South Africa Strydom is most common in: Gauteng, where 35 percent are found, Western Cape, where 13 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 12 percent are found. Barring South Africa it occurs in 68 countries. It also occurs in Mozambique, where 12 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Strydom Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Strydom surname are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.14% being registered with the political party.

The amount Strydom earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 45.56% less than the national average, earning 188,391 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 87.23% more than the national average, earning R 444,936 per year; in United States they earn 8.84% more than the national average, earning $46,963 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.74% more than the national average, earning $52,036 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Stroydom936/
Straydom931/
Strydon8621/
Strydam861/
Strydomová821/
Strijdom80611/
Strydonk8012/
Stridome801/
Stridam711/
Stridon710/
Strijdonk63112/
Stridand530/
Striddand501/

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