Vossema Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Vossema Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vossema Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Vossema Last Name Facts

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

The surname Vossema occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Vossema? popularity and diffusion

The last name Vossema is the 7,117,718th most widely held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Vossema occurs predominantly in Europe, where 86 percent of Vossema reside; 86 percent reside in Western Europe and 86 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Vossema is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 2,814,529. In The Netherlands Vossema is most frequent in: Groningen, where 67 percent live, Drenthe, where 17 percent live and Friesland, where 17 percent live. Barring The Netherlands this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 14 percent live.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Vossema
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