Vossenaar Surname

1,321,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 170 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Vossenaar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vossenaar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1291:130,90820,305
Belgium171:676,27358,718
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Guatemala41:4,020,6677,726
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Vossenaar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Vossenaar occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Vossenaar click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vossenaar? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,321,499th most commonly occurring surname globally, held by around 1 in 42,867,917 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Vossenaar live; 86 percent live in Western Europe and 86 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 129 people, or 1 in 130,908. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: South Holland, where 49 percent are found, North Brabant, where 30 percent are found and Utrecht, where 11 percent are found. Excluding The Netherlands Vossenaar occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 10 percent are found and Canada, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wassenaar784,465/
Wessenaar7863/
Veesenaar782/
Boussenar781/
Boussengar74325/
Boussenard744/
Wassesnaar742/
Boussenart741/
Wesenaar71140/
Wassenar7174/
Voscinar7117/
Wasenaar7116/
Wossenor712/
Vassanar711/
Weesenaar6723/
Wassanaar673/
Wassenarr671/
Bosenhart670/

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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 Vossenaar
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