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 is most common in The Netherlands. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

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

The surname is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is held by 1,105 people, or 1 in 15,283. In The Netherlands van den Burg is most numerous in: South Holland, where 30 percent are found, North Holland, where 18 percent are found and Utrecht, where 14 percent are found. Aside from The Netherlands this last name occurs in 23 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 3 percent are found and France, where 2 percent are found.

van den Burg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of van den Burg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the van den Burg surname contracted 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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