Waterboer Surname

155,544th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,817 people bear this surname

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

Waterboer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Waterboer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,6821:20,2002,558
Namibia1021:23,6223,943
Germany271:2,981,684140,707
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Waterboer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Waterboer is found most in South Africa. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Waterboer.

How Common Is The Last Name Waterboer? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 155,544th most widely held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,586,988 people. The surname Waterboer is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Waterboer live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 2,682 people, or 1 in 20,200. In South Africa Waterboer is most frequent in: Western Cape, where 42 percent reside, Northern Cape, where 36 percent reside and Gauteng, where 7 percent reside. Excluding South Africa this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 4 percent reside and Germany, where 1 percent reside.

Waterboer Last Name Statistics demography

Waterboer earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 47.43% less than the national average, earning R 124,920 per year.

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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 Waterboer
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