van der Schaaff Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van der Schaaff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van der Schaaff Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands541:312,72536,782
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
France11:66,422,722504,397

van der Schaaff Last Name Facts

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

van der Schaaff is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

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

The last name is the 2,273,756th most frequently used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of van der Schaaff live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 86 percent live in Germanic Europe.

van der Schaaff is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 312,725. In The Netherlands van der Schaaff is primarily found in: North Holland, where 50 percent are found, Flevoland, where 15 percent are found and South Holland, where 15 percent are found. Excluding The Netherlands it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 10 percent are found and Germany, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van der Schaaf972,492/
van der Schaff9727/
van de Schaaf9310/
van der Schaft90653/
van der Schoff900/
van der Schoof8381/
van der Schouw76264/
van de Schouw7111/
Van-Der-Schouw624/
van der Zouw59204/

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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 Schaaff
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