van den Burg Surname

299,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,272 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van den Burg Surname Definition:

(Dutch/Flemish), of the Castle, Burg, or Borough. Burgher, Citizen.

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van den Burg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1,1051:15,2832,303
South Africa321:1,693,05382,821
France291:2,290,439180,028
Australia211:1,285,51068,491
Suriname191:29,0855,642
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
England61:9,286,343223,652
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

van den Burg Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Dutch/Flemish), of the Castle, Burg, or Borough. Burgher, Citizen.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

User-submitted Reference

This is a Dutch surname, meaning 'at a mountain'.

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van den Burg Last Name Facts

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

The surname van den Burg occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of van den Burg.

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

The surname is the 299,135th most prevalent last name globally It is held by around 1 in 5,729,203 people. van den Burg occurs predominantly in Europe, where 92 percent of van den Burg are found; 90 percent are found in Western Europe and 88 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most common in The Netherlands, where it is held by 1,105 people, or 1 in 15,283. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: South Holland, where 30 percent live, North Holland, where 18 percent live and Utrecht, where 14 percent live. Not including The Netherlands it occurs in 23 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 3 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.

van den Burg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of van den Burg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the van den Burg last name decreased 77 percent between 1880 and 2014.

van den Burg Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van den Burg earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 318.66% more than the national average, earning R 994,896 per year and in Canada they earn 50.32% more than the national average, earning $74,682 CAD per year.

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