van Geer Surname

2,312,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 68 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Geer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Geer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands461:367,11340,368
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

van Geer Last Name Facts

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

van Geer is found most in The Netherlands. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name van Geer? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,312,869th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 107,169,793 people. The last name van Geer occurs mostly in Europe, where 68 percent of van Geer live; 68 percent live in Western Europe and 68 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 46 people, or 1 in 367,113. In The Netherlands it is most common in: South Holland, where 72 percent are found, North Holland, where 15 percent are found and Friesland, where 2 percent are found. Barring The Netherlands van Geer occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 28 percent are found and The United States, where 4 percent are found.

van Geer Last Name Statistics demography

van Geer earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 20.77% less than the national average, earning R 188,280 per year.

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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
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  • 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 Geer
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