van Heerden Surname

14,330th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38,914 people bear this surname

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

van Heerden Surname Definition:

From place name in Gelderland, Holland (Heerde).

van Heerden Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa37,0081:1,464172
England3911:142,50113,810
Australia3561:75,8318,870
Netherlands2311:73,10512,407
New Zealand2121:21,3603,753
Namibia1961:12,2932,313
United States941:3,855,946211,262
Canada791:466,40040,200
Thailand641:1,103,724164,273
Botswana441:49,7039,263
United Arab Emirates401:229,05715,464
Argentina331:1,295,25574,988
Angola251:1,079,5693,117
Scotland201:267,69112,985
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Zambia81:1,981,24032,669
Northern Ireland71:263,57711,625
China41:341,830,39216,990
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
France21:33,211,361423,184
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Malta11:430,2723,380
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

van Heerden (10) may also be a first name.

van Heerden Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From place name in Gelderland, Holland (Heerde).

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

van Heerden Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Heerden occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

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

The last name van Heerden is the 14,330th most frequently used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 187,273 people. van Heerden occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of van Heerden are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. van Heerden is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 10 people.

The last name van Heerden is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 37,008 people, or 1 in 1,464. In South Africa van Heerden is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 31 percent reside, Western Cape, where 15 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 12 percent reside. Aside from South Africa this surname occurs in 62 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.

van Heerden Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Heerden earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 78.57% more than the national average, earning R 424,356 per year; in United States they earn 4.2% more than the national average, earning $44,962 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.86% less than the national average, earning $47,266 CAD per year.

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