van der Scheer Surname
Approximately 1,130 people bear this surname
van der Scheer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1,047 | 1:16,129 | 2,467 |
| Australia | 25 | 1:1,079,828 | 61,253 |
| Denmark | 12 | 1:470,393 | 30,183 |
| Austria | 10 | 1:851,544 | 67,454 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 1:646,903 | 40,014 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
van der Scheer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Scheer Come From? nationality or country of origin
van der Scheer is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Scheer? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 328,333rd most frequently occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 6,449,156 people. The last name van der Scheer is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of van der Scheer reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 94 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname van der Scheer is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 1,047 people, or 1 in 16,129. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: South Holland, where 18 percent reside, Gelderland, where 16 percent reside and Drenthe, where 15 percent reside. Without taking into account The Netherlands it exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 2 percent reside and Denmark, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van der Schee | 96 | 709 | / |
| van de Scheer | 96 | 2 | / |
| van der Scheur | 93 | 426 | / |
| van der Schoer | 93 | 1 | / |
| van de Scheur | 89 | 296 | / |
| van der Schie | 89 | 18 | / |
| van der See | 88 | 25 | / |
| van der Zeer | 85 | 1 | / |
| van der Shir | 85 | 1 | / |
| van der Shuir | 81 | 1 | / |
| van der Ceest | 81 | 1 | / |
| van der Zee | 80 | 6,554 | / |
| van der-See | 80 | 1 | / |
| van der Sey | 80 | 0 | / |
| van der Schuit | 79 | 323 | / |
| van der Schuyt | 79 | 41 | / |
| van der Schytt | 79 | 1 | / |
| van der Chys | 77 | 18 | / |
| van de Cerre | 77 | 1 | / |
| van der Schuijt | 76 | 2 | / |
| van de Zee | 75 | 5 | / |
| van der Chijs | 74 | 49 | / |
| van der Seijs | 74 | 21 | / |
| van de Seyp | 72 | 10 | / |
| van der Sys | 72 | 3 | / |
| van der Sip | 72 | 1 | / |
| van der Syp | 72 | 1 | / |
| van der Sijs | 69 | 132 | / |
| van de Seijp | 69 | 14 | / |
| van der Cijs | 69 | 5 | / |
| van der Zeij | 69 | 2 | / |
| van der Souy | 69 | 1 | / |
| Van-Der-Zee | 64 | 1 | / |
| von der Sitt | 62 | 6 | / |
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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 Scheer
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