Vermaak Surname

30,795th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,341 people bear this surname

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

Vermaak Surname Definition:

“Pleasure” in Dutch and Afrikaans.

Vermaak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa15,9671:3,393447
Netherlands2681:63,01210,837
Swaziland2271:5,719371
England2061:270,47621,309
Zimbabwe1471:105,02214,642
Namibia1171:20,5933,566
Australia971:278,30624,956
United States871:4,166,195223,594
Canada421:877,27667,671
New Zealand421:107,81714,061
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Mozambique91:3,029,0632,946
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Denmark91:627,19136,734
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Wales61:515,75523,171
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Guernsey11:64,4392,137

Vermaak (22) may also be a first name.

Vermaak Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“Pleasure” in Dutch and Afrikaans.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

Vermaak Last Name Facts

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

Vermaak (Russian: Вермаак) occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Vermaak? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 30,795th most prevalent family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 420,249 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Vermaak are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Vermaak is also the 2,301,746th most frequent given name internationally, held by 22 people.

The surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 15,967 people, or 1 in 3,393. In South Africa Vermaak is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 34 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 13 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 12 percent are found. Excluding South Africa Vermaak occurs in 48 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 2 percent are found and Swaziland, where 1 percent are found.

Vermaak Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Vermaak surname are 0.59999999999999% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 52.63% being registered with the political party.

The amount Vermaak earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 109.77% more than the national average, earning R 498,492 per year; in United States they earn 5.68% more than the national average, earning $45,598 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.62% less than the national average, earning $41,922 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vermaakt9327/
Vermak9214/
Vermack866/
Vermaag861/
Varmaak861/
Vermaac861/
Varmak7764/
Vermac7710/
Vermaq774/
Vermag774/
Fermak772/
Virmak771/
Vermakova751/
Bermack7191/
Vermaux7133/
Vormack7125/
Faermak7115/
Vermock712/
Varmakk711/
Vermagz711/
Wermask710/
Phetrmak675/

Vermaak Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Vermaak in the Russian language
Вермаакvermaak-

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