van de Merwe Surname

352,406th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,034 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van de Merwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van de Merwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5651:95,89011,697
Netherlands3301:51,1738,790
Australia341:793,99150,673
Canada291:1,270,53890,455
England221:2,532,63991,802
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Belgium61:1,916,107103,447
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
France11:66,422,722504,397
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

van de Merwe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name van de Merwe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname van de Merwe has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name van de Merwe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 352,406th most common family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 7,047,917 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 55 percent of van de Merwe reside; 55 percent reside in Southern Africa and 55 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widespread in South Africa, where it is carried by 565 people, or 1 in 95,890. In South Africa van de Merwe is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 38 percent reside, Western Cape, where 14 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 12 percent reside. Barring South Africa this last name is found in 21 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 32 percent reside and Australia, where 3 percent reside.

van de Merwe Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van de Merwe earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 302.05% more than the national average, earning R 955,416 per year and in Canada they earn 44.98% more than the national average, earning $72,032 CAD per year.

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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 van de Merwe
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