van Nijkerk Surname

2,635,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 54 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Nijkerk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Nijkerk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands371:456,41045,371
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
England41:13,929,515290,718
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van Nijkerk Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Nijkerk is most common in The Netherlands. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of van Nijkerk.

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

van Nijkerk is the 2,635,433rd most frequently occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. van Nijkerk occurs predominantly in Europe, where 80 percent of van Nijkerk live; 70 percent live in Western Europe and 69 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 456,410. In The Netherlands van Nijkerk is most common in: North Holland, where 32 percent reside, Friesland, where 19 percent reside and Utrecht, where 19 percent reside. Other than The Netherlands van Nijkerk occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 19 percent reside and England, where 7 percent reside.

van Nijkerk Last Name Statistics demography

van Nijkerk earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 167.13% more than the national average, earning R 634,800 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
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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 Nijkerk
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