van den Bos Surname

127,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,571 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van den Bos Surname User-submission:

This surname means 'from the forest', or 'from Den Bosch (a place)' in Dutch.

van den Bos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3,0231:5,586597
Belgium981:117,31317,342
France751:885,636103,228
England701:795,97243,050
Australia671:402,92132,505
South Africa641:846,52756,162
New Zealand441:102,91613,667
Germany241:3,354,394150,996
United States201:18,122,947588,089
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
Sweden131:757,44356,422
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648

van den Bos Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'from the forest', or 'from Den Bosch (a place)' in Dutch.

- djepri1

van den Bos Last Name Facts

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

van den Bos is most common in The Netherlands. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

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

The surname is the 127,108th most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 2,040,758 people. The last name van den Bos is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of van den Bos are found; 90 percent are found in Western Europe and 88 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

van den Bos is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 3,023 people, or 1 in 5,586. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: South Holland, where 37 percent live, North Holland, where 18 percent live and Gelderland, where 14 percent live. Not including The Netherlands it exists in 32 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 3 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.

van den Bos Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van den Bos earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 36.57% more than the national average, earning R 324,540 per year and in Canada they earn 21.75% more than the national average, earning $60,489 CAD per year.

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