Visser Surname
Approximately 118,502 people bear this surname
Visser Surname Definition:
“Fisherman” in Dutch and Low German.
Visser Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 55,804 | 1:303 | 7 |
| South Africa | 37,745 | 1:1,435 | 164 |
| United States | 6,891 | 1:52,599 | 6,321 |
| Mozambique | 4,944 | 1:5,514 | 1,220 |
| Canada | 3,004 | 1:12,266 | 1,816 |
| Australia | 2,554 | 1:10,570 | 1,565 |
| Germany | 1,891 | 1:42,573 | 5,598 |
| England | 629 | 1:88,582 | 9,600 |
| New Zealand | 533 | 1:8,496 | 1,467 |
| Belgium | 510 | 1:22,542 | 3,527 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| France | 428 | 1:155,193 | 24,084 |
| Namibia | 417 | 1:5,778 | 1,120 |
| Thailand | 298 | 1:237,041 | 40,154 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Argentina | 249 | 1:171,660 | 14,420 |
| Spain | 199 | 1:234,935 | 15,384 |
| Switzerland | 114 | 1:72,043 | 8,557 |
| Sweden | 111 | 1:88,710 | 6,513 |
| Botswana | 105 | 1:20,828 | 4,170 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Suriname | 102 | 1:5,418 | 1,247 |
| Brazil | 94 | 1:2,277,387 | 70,617 |
| Russia | 67 | 1:2,151,090 | 130,958 |
| Bahrain | 59 | 1:22,858 | 4,582 |
| Denmark | 58 | 1:97,323 | 9,225 |
| Zimbabwe | 44 | 1:350,869 | 33,247 |
| Italy | 41 | 1:1,491,627 | 80,856 |
| Scotland | 41 | 1:130,581 | 8,115 |
| Norway | 40 | 1:128,557 | 16,659 |
| Malta | 36 | 1:11,952 | 723 |
| Papua New Guinea | 35 | 1:232,963 | 32,024 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Lesotho | 29 | 1:70,088 | 9,364 |
| Aruba | 28 | 1:3,696 | 529 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Qatar | 25 | 1:94,320 | 10,875 |
| Curaçao | 23 | 1:6,837 | 197 |
| Estonia | 23 | 1:57,470 | 10,794 |
| Ireland | 22 | 1:214,043 | 8,362 |
| Indonesia | 22 | 1:6,011,327 | 267,290 |
| Austria | 21 | 1:405,497 | 41,758 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Finland | 15 | 1:366,447 | 25,366 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| Chile | 13 | 1:1,355,113 | 23,887 |
| Mexico | 10 | 1:12,412,620 | 43,480 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Swaziland | 9 | 1:144,244 | 719 |
| Vanuatu | 9 | 1:29,253 | 714 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:386,816 | 19,671 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| Lebanon | 7 | 1:805,298 | 15,541 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Paraguay | 6 | 1:1,206,124 | 10,500 |
| Hungary | 5 | 1:1,963,255 | 61,562 |
| Monaco | 5 | 1:7,413 | 1,114 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 1:615,012 | 18,081 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Mauritius | 3 | 1:431,139 | 12,721 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 95 | 1:528,618 | 36,719 |
Visser (118) may also be a first name.
Visser Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
“Fisherman” in Dutch and Low German.
(Dutch) One who caught, or sold, fish.
Visser Demographics
Average Male Visser Height
177.4 cm
Average Female Visser Height
161.21 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Visser Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Visser Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Visser (Arabic: فيسر, Russian: Виссер) is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Visser? popularity and diffusion
The last name Visser is the 4,760th most frequently held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 61,497 people. The last name Visser is mostly found in Europe, where 51 percent of Visser live; 50 percent live in Western Europe and 49 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 859,937th most widespread first name globally, held by 118 people.
The surname is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 55,804 people, or 1 in 303. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: South Holland, where 23 percent live, North Holland, where 22 percent live and Friesland, where 12 percent live. Outside of The Netherlands this surname is found in 111 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 32 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.
Visser Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Visser has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 7,254 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 12,580 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 2,050 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 1,100 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Visser Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Visser last name is predominantly Presbyterian (50%) in Ireland and Evangelical (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Visser surname are 23.35% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 70.12% registered with the party.
The amount Visser earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 8.27% more than the national average, earning 374,694 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 56.69% more than the national average, earning R 372,360 per year; in United States they earn 10.39% more than the national average, earning $47,632 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.18% more than the national average, earning $53,248 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Visser Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Visser in the Russian language | ||
| Виссер | visser | - |
| Visser in the Arabic language | ||
| فيسر | fysr | - |
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