Vermeulen Surname

8,083rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70,365 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Belgium

Vermeulen Surname Definition:

“Of the Mill” in Dutch.

Vermeulen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands23,0791:73226
South Africa19,8711:2,726345
Belgium16,6811:68913
France3,7271:17,8221,969
United States2,4461:148,18415,281
Canada7971:46,2305,673
Australia7141:37,8094,932
Germany6651:121,06114,812
England3941:141,41613,724
New Zealand3181:14,2402,490
Namibia3071:7,8481,514
Thailand2241:315,35054,325
Brazil1381:1,551,26351,554
Spain1251:374,01620,935
Switzerland1211:67,8758,194
Argentina1051:407,08031,114
Guernsey591:1,092205
Bahrain591:22,8584,582
Dominican Republic541:193,2027,170
Denmark341:166,02114,242
Singapore301:183,5907,666
Scotland291:184,61410,113
Norway261:197,78022,769
Qatar251:94,32010,875
Aruba231:4,499638
Sweden221:447,58032,003
Greece201:553,99069,165
Suriname191:29,0855,642
Malta181:23,9041,289
French Polynesia181:15,6003,086
Ecuador141:1,136,13215,474
Sierra Leone91:787,737678
Mozambique91:3,029,0632,946
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Austria91:946,15970,786
Finland81:687,08836,047
Estonia81:165,22626,217
United Arab Emirates71:1,308,89651,006
China71:195,331,65210,124
South Korea71:7,320,0371,243
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Zambia51:3,169,98435,680
Northern Ireland51:369,00715,220
Hungary51:1,963,25561,562
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Luxembourg41:145,1366,519
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Oman41:921,9937,313
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Isle of Man31:28,6073,614
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:2,282,667111,005

The alternate forms: Vermeulén (1) are calculated separately.

Vermeulen (33) may also be a first name.

Vermeulen Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“Of the Mill” in Dutch.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

Vermeulen Last Name Facts

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

Vermeulen (Russian: Вермеулен) is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Vermeulén. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Vermeulen? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,083rd most frequently used last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 103,568 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 64 percent of Vermeulen live; 63 percent live in Western Europe and 54 percent live in Germanic Europe. Vermeulen is also the 1,807,719th most frequent forename throughout the world, borne by 33 people.

The surname Vermeulen is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 23,079 people, or 1 in 732. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: South Holland, where 26 percent live, North Brabant, where 23 percent live and North Holland, where 13 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands this surname is found in 95 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 28 percent live and Belgium, where 24 percent live.

Vermeulen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Vermeulen has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 11,118 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 5,629 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Vermeulen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Vermeulen last name are 12.27% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.04% registered with the political party.

The amount Vermeulen earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 5.52% less than the national average, earning 326,973 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 55.96% more than the national average, earning R 370,620 per year; in United States they earn 10.32% more than the national average, earning $47,601 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.42% more than the national average, earning $53,371 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Vermeulen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Vermeulen in the Russian language
Вермеуленvermeulen-

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