van der Meij Surname
Approximately 3,942 people bear this surname
van der Meij Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 3,799 | 1:4,445 | 434 |
| Switzerland | 23 | 1:357,083 | 27,273 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 1:348,333 | 27,379 |
| Spain | 12 | 1:3,896,003 | 72,236 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
van der Meij Demographics
Average van der Meij Salary in
South Africa
R 212,484
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
van der Meij Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Meij Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van der Meij has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Meij? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 116,888th most frequent last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,848,693 people. The surname van der Meij occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of van der Meij are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 3,799 people, or 1 in 4,445. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: South Holland, where 37 percent reside, North Holland, where 24 percent reside and Gelderland, where 8 percent reside. Not including The Netherlands this last name occurs in 25 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.
van der Meij Last Name Statistics demography
van der Meij earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 10.59% less than the national average, earning R 212,484 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van der Meijs | 96 | 974 | / |
| van der Mei | 96 | 517 | / |
| van de Meij | 96 | 5 | / |
| van der Mij | 96 | 2 | / |
| van der Mije | 92 | 225 | / |
| van der Meis | 92 | 8 | / |
| van der Meid | 92 | 2 | / |
| van der Mijs | 92 | 1 | / |
| van der Mey | 87 | 938 | / |
| van der Mee | 87 | 565 | / |
| van der Mye | 87 | 52 | / |
| van der Mer | 87 | 42 | / |
| van der Meu | 87 | 1 | / |
| van der Meer | 83 | 25,067 | / |
| van der Meys | 83 | 101 | / |
| van der Meet | 83 | 40 | / |
| van der Mech | 83 | 14 | / |
| van der Maai | 83 | 5 | / |
| van der Mest | 83 | 2 | / |
| van der Mais | 83 | 1 | / |
| van der Meut | 83 | 1 | / |
| van der Ma | 82 | 1 | / |
| van de Mer | 82 | 1 | / |
| van de Mey | 82 | 1 | / |
| van der Meche | 80 | 34 | / |
| van der Mheer | 80 | 1 | / |
| van der Mesch | 80 | 1 | / |
| van der Miche | 80 | 1 | / |
| van de Meer | 78 | 86 | / |
| van der Mas | 78 | 21 | / |
| von der Mey | 78 | 3 | / |
| van der Mescht | 77 | 2,933 | / |
| van de Ma | 76 | 1 | / |
| van der Maas | 75 | 2,412 | / |
| van der Maat | 75 | 1,285 | / |
| van der Mast | 75 | 981 | / |
| van der Mout | 75 | 24 | / |
| von der Meer | 75 | 10 | / |
| van der Mass | 75 | 1 | / |
| van der Maath | 72 | 8 | / |
| van de Maat | 70 | 207 | / |
| van de Mast | 70 | 54 | / |
| Van-Der-Mer | 70 | 3 | / |
| von der Mas | 70 | 0 | / |
| Van-Der-Meer | 67 | 8 | / |
| Van-Der-Mast | 58 | 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
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- 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 Meij
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