van Niekerk Surname

8,211th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 69,352 people bear this surname

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

van Niekerk Surname User-submission:

Van Niekerk is a Dutch surname, meaning 'at the newly made church'. It is derived from the Dutch words nieuwe, meaning 'new', kerk, meaning 'church', and the prefix van, meaning 'from'.

There is a municipality named Nijkerk (Niekerk) in the province of Gelderland.

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van Niekerk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa60,3611:89879
Mozambique4,9441:5,5141,220
Netherlands7981:21,1623,362
Australia6301:42,8505,449
England5301:105,12811,010
Namibia4021:5,9941,162
Saudi Arabia3981:77,52710,981
New Zealand3251:13,9332,424
Ghana2771:97,5489,187
Canada2011:183,31118,199
United States1251:2,899,671170,778
Botswana611:35,8517,015
Scotland391:137,2778,372
Singapore301:183,5907,666
Angola251:1,079,5693,117
Thailand211:3,363,731310,277
Switzerland201:410,64630,429
France111:6,038,429280,838
Zambia101:1,584,99231,679
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Sudan91:4,167,7995,799
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Wales71:442,07621,198
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Zimbabwe61:2,573,040106,478
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
China31:455,773,85521,925
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Cyprus31:294,9598,690
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Macau11:601,6301,582
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048

van Niekerk Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Van Niekerk is a Dutch surname, meaning 'at the newly made church'. It is derived from the Dutch words nieuwe, meaning 'new', kerk, meaning 'church', and the prefix van, meaning 'from'.

There is a municipality named Nijkerk (Niekerk) in the province of Gelderland. The city was named Nijkerk after the main church burned down in 1221 and was reinstated afterwards (this happened multiple times). The church that gave Nijkerk its name was burned down again in 1421. Another church was built, Grote-of-Sint-Catharinaerk, and it still exists.

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Van Niekerk is a Dutch surname, meaning 'at the newly made church'. It is derived from the words nieuwe, meaning 'new' and kerk, meaning 'church' = Niekerk, + prefix van, meaning 'from'.

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A Dutch surname, meaning 'of New Church'.

- dpvannie

This surname means 'of the New Church'.

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van Niekerk Last Name Facts

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

van Niekerk is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

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

The surname van Niekerk is the 8,211th most common surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 105,081 people. van Niekerk occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of van Niekerk are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 88 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 60,361 people, or 1 in 898. In South Africa van Niekerk is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 32 percent reside, Western Cape, where 20 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 9 percent reside. Barring South Africa it is found in 71 countries. It is also found in Mozambique, where 7 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 1 percent reside.

van Niekerk Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Niekerk earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 75.6% more than the national average, earning R 417,288 per year; in United States they earn 71.28% more than the national average, earning $73,906 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.95% more than the national average, earning $55,620 CAD per year.

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