van der Schaaf Surname

172,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,492 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van der Schaaf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van der Schaaf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2,3321:7,241850
Sweden541:182,34712,605
Australia271:999,84158,390
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
England41:13,929,515290,718
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
France11:66,422,722504,397
Curaçao11:157,2471,313

van der Schaaf Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name van der Schaaf Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname van der Schaaf is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name van der Schaaf? popularity and diffusion

The surname van der Schaaf is the 172,624th most widespread last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 2,924,376 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of van der Schaaf live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name van der Schaaf is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 2,332 people, or 1 in 7,241. In The Netherlands van der Schaaf is mostly found in: Friesland, where 30 percent live, North Holland, where 23 percent live and South Holland, where 9 percent live. Barring The Netherlands it is found in 25 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 2 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

van der Schaaf Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van der Schaaf earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 99.17% more than the national average, earning $85,938 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.95% more than the national average, earning $51,149 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van der Schaaff9770/
van de Schaaf9610/
van der Schaft93653/
van der Schaff9327/
van der Schoof8681/
van der Schoff860/
van der Schouw79264/
van de Schouw7411/
Van-Der-Schouw644/
van der Zouw62204/

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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 Schaaf
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