van der Zee Surname

74,976th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,554 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van der Zee Surname Definition:

(Dutch/Flemish), of the Sea. Zeeman, Seaman, Sailor. de Zeeuw, the Zeelander.

van der Zee Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands5,8161:2,904226
South Africa2021:268,20626,747
Australia1711:157,87016,525
Belgium541:212,90127,429
United States511:7,107,038327,397
Denmark421:134,39812,049
England381:1,466,26563,675
New Zealand251:181,13319,287
Germany221:3,659,339158,771
France181:3,690,151224,666
Spain181:2,597,33559,996
Greece161:692,48777,522
Brazil131:16,467,256295,032
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Austria91:946,15970,786
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023

van der Zee Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Dutch/Flemish), of the Sea. Zeeman, Seaman, Sailor. de Zeeuw, the Zeelander.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

van der Zee Last Name Facts

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

The last name van der Zee occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

This surname is the 74,976th most widespread surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,111,923 people. van der Zee occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of van der Zee reside; 90 percent reside in Western Europe and 90 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

van der Zee is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 5,816 people, or 1 in 2,904. In The Netherlands van der Zee is mostly concentrated in: Friesland, where 22 percent are found, North Holland, where 18 percent are found and South Holland, where 14 percent are found. Excluding The Netherlands this last name occurs in 32 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 3 percent are found and Australia, where 3 percent are found.

van der Zee Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van der Zee earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 118.34% more than the national average, earning R 518,868 per year; in United States they earn 77.04% more than the national average, earning $76,389 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.8% more than the national average, earning $58,030 CAD per year.

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