van Rensburg Surname

19,680th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27,871 people bear this surname

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

van Rensburg Surname Definition:

From place name in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany - now spelt Rendsburg.

van Rensburg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa21,1841:2,557316
Mozambique4,9441:5,5141,220
Australia5051:53,4576,596
England3301:168,84315,578
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
United States1321:2,745,901164,003
New Zealand1001:45,2837,455
Namibia931:25,9084,141
Canada831:443,92338,562
Botswana611:35,8517,015
Scotland351:152,9669,000
Thailand341:2,077,598243,257
Qatar251:94,32010,875
Mongolia191:148,6998,761
Denmark171:332,04223,714
Ireland161:294,30910,207
Wales121:257,87814,969
Zambia91:1,761,10232,119
Bahrain91:149,8455,469
France91:7,380,302306,885
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648

van Rensburg Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From place name in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany - now spelt Rendsburg.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

van Rensburg Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Rensburg is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

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

It is the 19,680th most common family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 261,474 people. The last name van Rensburg is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of van Rensburg live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 77 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 21,184 people, or 1 in 2,557. In South Africa van Rensburg is most common in: Gauteng, where 32 percent live, Western Cape, where 23 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this last name is found in 54 countries. It is also common in Mozambique, where 18 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.

van Rensburg Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Rensburg earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 68.38% more than the national average, earning R 400,140 per year; in United States they earn 63.16% more than the national average, earning $70,400 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.13% more than the national average, earning $52,730 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Rensburg
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis