van der Geer Surname
Approximately 1,260 people bear this surname
van der Geer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1,202 | 1:14,049 | 2,090 |
| Australia | 22 | 1:1,227,077 | 66,405 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
van der Geer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Geer Come From? nationality or country of origin
van der Geer is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Geer? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 301,477th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,783,767 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of van der Geer live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname van der Geer is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 1,202 people, or 1 in 14,049. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: South Holland, where 36 percent are found, Utrecht, where 19 percent are found and North Holland, where 15 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands this surname exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 2 percent are found and Belgium, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van de Geer | 96 | 477 | / |
| van der Gert | 92 | 12 | / |
| van der Gier | 92 | 1 | / |
| van der Heer | 92 | 1 | / |
| van der Er | 91 | 1 | / |
| van der Geest | 88 | 3,043 | / |
| van de Heer | 87 | 1 | / |
| van der Heijer | 85 | 1 | / |
| van de Geest | 83 | 194 | / |
| van der Hert | 83 | 128 | / |
| van der Herp | 83 | 2 | / |
| van der Re | 82 | 1 | / |
| van de Her | 82 | 0 | / |
| von der Geest | 80 | 42 | / |
| van der Geijs | 80 | 11 | / |
| van de Gijr | 78 | 7 | / |
| van der Gyp | 78 | 1 | / |
| van der Gijp | 75 | 117 | / |
| van der Zijp | 67 | 15 | / |
| van der Zijpp | 64 | 129 | / |
| van der Zijst | 64 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to van der Geer
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