van Schalkwyk Surname

23,066th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23,516 people bear this surname

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

van Schalkwyk Surname Definition:

From place name near Utrecht, Holland.

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van Schalkwyk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa22,6001:2,397298
Namibia1771:13,6122,513
England1641:339,74424,836
Australia1601:168,72317,330
New Zealand1591:28,4804,971
United States491:7,397,121336,459
United Arab Emirates361:254,50817,423
Thailand361:1,962,176235,280
Canada281:1,315,91492,927
Netherlands211:804,15159,518
Qatar121:196,50026,891
France91:7,380,302306,885
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Swaziland41:324,550996
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Wales41:773,63329,106
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
China21:683,660,78330,601
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

van Schalkwyk Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From place name near Utrecht, Holland.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

User-submitted Reference

Person from neighborhood of Schalkwijk, Utrecht, Netherlands. The surname first appears around 1140. First Anthonie van Schalkwijk. Knight ("Ridder").

This is a German-speaking family living in the Netherlands.

Most prevalent in South Africa as van Schalkwyk.

- svanschalkwyk

van Schalkwyk Last Name Facts

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

van Schalkwyk occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of van Schalkwyk.

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

The surname van Schalkwyk is the 23,066th most widely held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 309,897 people. van Schalkwyk is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of van Schalkwyk reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname van Schalkwyk is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 22,600 people, or 1 in 2,397. In South Africa van Schalkwyk is mostly found in: Western Cape, where 27 percent are found, Gauteng, where 26 percent are found and Free State, where 10 percent are found. Aside from South Africa this last name exists in 43 countries. It is also common in Namibia, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

van Schalkwyk Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Schalkwyk earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 46.87% more than the national average, earning R 349,020 per year; in United States they earn 8.38% less than the national average, earning $39,531 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.54% more than the national average, earning $52,934 CAD per year.

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