van Zijl Surname

104,860th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,471 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Zijl Surname Definition:

“Of the Lock” (Canal) in Frisian. Compare Van der Sluis.

van Zijl Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2,6561:6,358709
South Africa1,5441:35,0894,496
Australia591:457,55435,515
England351:1,591,94567,242
Thailand221:3,210,834301,565
New Zealand211:215,63421,249
United States191:19,076,786604,894
Switzerland181:456,27333,097
Namibia171:141,7299,461
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Austria71:1,216,49180,919
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Belgium51:2,299,329106,824
Wales41:773,63329,106
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Suriname41:138,1547,029
France41:16,605,680368,153
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

van Zijl Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“Of the Lock” (Canal) in Frisian. Compare Van der Sluis.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

van Zijl Last Name Facts

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

van Zijl is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

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

This last name is the 104,860th most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 1,629,959 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 62 percent of van Zijl reside; 60 percent reside in Western Europe and 60 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 2,656 people, or 1 in 6,358. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: South Holland, where 31 percent are found, Utrecht, where 21 percent are found and North Holland, where 18 percent are found. Beside The Netherlands this last name is found in 28 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 35 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

van Zijl Last Name Statistics demography

van Zijl earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 82.26% more than the national average, earning R 433,128 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Zeijl94671/
van Zijll94172/
van Zijyl941/
van Zuijl941/
van Sijl8858/
von Zijl8815/
van Sijll8277/
van Geijl8211/
van Gijel821/
van Gijsel78473/
van Gijzel78150/
van Gijssel74270/
van Gisel710/
van Geyzel6767/
van Giesel672/
van Geel634,164/
van Geele5925/
van Gesel590/
van Geysel5623/
Van-Geel503/

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