van den Bosch Surname

46,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,249 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Belgium

van den Bosch Surname Definition:

“Of the Forest” in Dutch.

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van den Bosch Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands5,0231:3,362299
Belgium4,5871:2,506216
Australia4021:67,1537,997
South Africa2221:244,04424,925
Canada1811:203,56719,858
France1391:477,86167,615
New Zealand941:48,1747,829
United States851:4,264,223227,504
Germany801:1,006,31869,119
England541:1,031,81650,675
Switzerland351:234,65519,741
Spain331:1,416,72844,772
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Chile301:587,21614,299
Brazil291:7,381,874170,034
Thailand271:2,616,235275,741
Suriname261:21,2544,689
Sweden251:393,87027,867
Argentina241:1,780,97692,783
Austria211:405,49741,758
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Denmark111:513,15632,022
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Norway71:734,61250,907
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Myanmar41:12,984,4961,309
Curaçao41:39,312638
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States501:1,004,37459,252

van den Bosch Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“Of the Forest” in Dutch.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(Dutch/Flemish), del Bosque (Spanish), del Bosco (Italian), von dem Busche (German), du Buisson (French), of the Bush.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

User-submitted Reference

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

- djepri1

The surname van den Bosch means 'from the bush'.

- alyssa.sxm

van den Bosch Last Name Facts

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

The surname van den Bosch occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

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

The surname is the 46,108th most numerous surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 647,839 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 89 percent of van den Bosch live; 88 percent live in Western Europe and 84 percent live in Germanic Europe.

van den Bosch is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 5,023 people, or 1 in 3,362. In The Netherlands it is most common in: South Holland, where 25 percent live, North Brabant, where 18 percent live and Gelderland, where 17 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands van den Bosch exists in 55 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 41 percent live and Australia, where 4 percent live.

van den Bosch Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of van den Bosch has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the van den Bosch surname grew 170 percent between 1880 and 2014.

van den Bosch Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van den Bosch earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 170.29% more than the national average, earning 935,419 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 133.87% more than the national average, earning R 555,756 per year; in United States they earn 89.07% more than the national average, earning $81,583 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.35% less than the national average, earning $46,032 CAD per year.

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