van den Berg Surname
Approximately 58,382 people bear this surname
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
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 27,565 | 1:613 | 21 |
| South Africa | 23,896 | 1:2,267 | 286 |
| Australia | 1,389 | 1:19,435 | 2,694 |
| Belgium | 1,173 | 1:9,801 | 1,398 |
| Germany | 473 | 1:170,202 | 20,054 |
| France | 465 | 1:142,845 | 22,009 |
| England | 421 | 1:132,347 | 13,067 |
| New Zealand | 415 | 1:10,912 | 1,906 |
| Thailand | 375 | 1:188,369 | 30,963 |
| United States | 340 | 1:1,066,056 | 77,773 |
| Canada | 310 | 1:118,857 | 12,533 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Spain | 181 | 1:258,299 | 16,363 |
| Suriname | 153 | 1:3,612 | 692 |
| Switzerland | 150 | 1:54,753 | 7,051 |
| Brazil | 95 | 1:2,253,414 | 69,998 |
| Sweden | 90 | 1:109,408 | 7,883 |
| Denmark | 63 | 1:89,599 | 8,581 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Singapore | 43 | 1:128,086 | 5,748 |
| Curaçao | 42 | 1:3,744 | 85 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| Aruba | 37 | 1:2,797 | 396 |
| United Arab Emirates | 33 | 1:277,645 | 19,302 |
| Namibia | 27 | 1:89,237 | 8,105 |
| Scotland | 22 | 1:243,355 | 12,191 |
| Austria | 21 | 1:405,497 | 41,758 |
| Venezuela | 20 | 1:1,510,204 | 20,059 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Israel | 12 | 1:713,136 | 47,700 |
| Norway | 11 | 1:467,481 | 39,375 |
| Italy | 10 | 1:6,115,669 | 111,715 |
| Iceland | 9 | 1:42,232 | 2,922 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Ecuador | 7 | 1:2,272,264 | 23,377 |
| Croatia | 7 | 1:604,086 | 40,820 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1:1,467,097 | 5,611 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Luxembourg | 4 | 1:145,136 | 6,519 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 47 | 1:1,068,483 | 62,061 |
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'.
- djepri1Van 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.
- aristoVan den Berg is a Flemish/Dutch surname, which means 'from the mountain' or 'from the hill', referring to where the bearer came from.
- noubitThe van den Berg surname, commonly found in the Netherlands, means, 'from the mountain/slope'.
- deleted-173293Van den Berg is a Dutch surname, which means 'from the mountain'.
- xrwkvan den Berg Demographics
Average Male van den Berg Height
176.53 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van den Bergh | 96 | 11,243 | / |
| van den Bergs | 96 | 26 | / |
| van den Bergt | 96 | 1 | / |
| van den Berk | 92 | 1,974 | / |
| van den Burg | 92 | 1,272 | / |
| van den Barg | 92 | 179 | / |
| van den Borg | 92 | 41 | / |
| van den Verg | 92 | 4 | / |
| van-den Berg | 92 | 2 | / |
| van den Berkt | 88 | 119 | / |
| van den Burgh | 88 | 18 | / |
| van den Berck | 88 | 2 | / |
| van den Borgh | 88 | 1 | / |
| van den Berckt | 85 | 33 | / |
| Van-Den-Berg | 83 | 174 | / |
| van den Bark | 83 | 0 | / |
| Van-Den-Bergh | 80 | 35 | / |
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