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

The last name van Geer is most common in The Netherlands. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

It is the 2,312,869th most common family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 107,169,793 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 68 percent of van Geer are found; 68 percent are found in Western Europe and 68 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 367,113. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: South Holland, where 72 percent live, North Holland, where 15 percent live and Friesland, where 2 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 28 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.

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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