van den Berg Surname

9,679th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58,382 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van den Berg Surname User-submission:

Van den Berg is a surname with Dutch origins. It refers to an area where the progenitor of this surname may have lived. Van den Berg means 'from the hill', or 'from the mountain'.

van den Berg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands27,5651:61321
South Africa23,8961:2,267286
Australia1,3891:19,4352,694
Belgium1,1731:9,8011,398
Germany4731:170,20220,054
France4651:142,84522,009
England4211:132,34713,067
New Zealand4151:10,9121,906
Thailand3751:188,36930,963
United States3401:1,066,05677,773
Canada3101:118,85712,533
Ghana2771:97,5489,187
Spain1811:258,29916,363
Suriname1531:3,612692
Switzerland1501:54,7537,051
Brazil951:2,253,41469,998
Sweden901:109,4087,883
Denmark631:89,5998,581
Portugal471:221,6658,706
Singapore431:128,0865,748
Curaçao421:3,74485
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
Aruba371:2,797396
United Arab Emirates331:277,64519,302
Namibia271:89,2378,105
Scotland221:243,35512,191
Austria211:405,49741,758
Venezuela201:1,510,20420,059
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Israel121:713,13647,700
Norway111:467,48139,375
Italy101:6,115,669111,715
Iceland91:42,2322,922
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Poland81:4,751,094138,864
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
Croatia71:604,08640,820
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
China51:273,464,31313,838
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Luxembourg41:145,1366,519
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
Malta41:107,5681,849
Botswana41:546,73222,624
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States471:1,068,48362,061

van den Berg (14) may also be a first name.

van den Berg Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Van den Berg is a surname with Dutch origins. It refers to an area where the progenitor of this surname may have lived. Van den Berg means 'from the hill', or 'from the mountain'.

- djepri1

Van den Berg is a Dutch-Belgian surname that means 'from the mountain'. It is the 21st most common surname in the Netherlands. It is also 286th most common in South Africa.

- aristo

Van den Berg is a Flemish/Dutch surname, which means 'from the mountain' or 'from the hill', referring to where the bearer came from.

- noubit

The van den Berg surname, commonly found in the Netherlands, means, 'from the mountain/slope'.

- deleted-173293

Van den Berg is a Dutch surname, which means 'from the mountain'.

- xrwk

van den Berg Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name van den Berg Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name van den Berg is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name van den Berg? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 9,679th most frequently occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 124,825 people. The last name van den Berg is predominantly found in Europe, where 53 percent of van den Berg live; 51 percent live in Western Europe and 50 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,024,661st most widely held first name in the world It is held by 14 people.

The surname van den Berg is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 27,565 people, or 1 in 613. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: South Holland, where 30 percent live, North Holland, where 17 percent live and Gelderland, where 16 percent live. Besides The Netherlands van den Berg occurs in 97 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 41 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.

van den Berg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of van den Berg has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname increased 42,100 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 723 percent between 1880 and 2014.

van den Berg Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van den Berg earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 84.86% more than the national average, earning R 439,296 per year; in United States they earn 95.73% more than the national average, earning $84,454 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.41% more than the national average, earning $54,358 CAD per year.

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