van der Schaff Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

van der Schaff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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van der Schaff Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa271:2,006,58290,678
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van der Schaff Demographics

Average van der Schaff Salary in
South Africa

R 277,512

Per year
Rank:
49,019 of 197,403
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
9.96614E-5
Rank: 63,976 of 197,403
Percentage of national average salary:
116.78%
Sample size: 9 (2017)

Average Salary in
South Africa

R 237,638

Per year
Per month:
R 19,803
Per week:
R 4,401
Per day:
R 651

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van der Schaff Last Name Facts

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

The surname van der Schaff is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

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

It is the 3,798,600th most frequently used surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. van der Schaff is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of van der Schaff reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 2,006,582. In South Africa van der Schaff is mostly found in: Western Cape, where 59 percent reside, Eastern Cape, where 37 percent reside and Gauteng, where 4 percent reside.

van der Schaff Last Name Statistics demography

van der Schaff earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 16.78% more than the national average, earning R 277,512 per year.

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 Schaaff9770/
van der Schaaf932,492/
van der Schaft93653/
van der Schoff930/
van de Schaaf8910/
van der Schoof8681/
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 Schaff
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