Westerhof Surname

96,185th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,946 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Westerhof Surname User-submission:

The Westerhof surname means 'yard in the west'.

Westerhof Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands4,1451:4,074391
United States3071:1,180,64884,333
Canada1681:219,31921,150
Germany851:947,12366,306
Australia771:350,59429,558
South Africa441:1,231,31169,478
England351:1,591,94567,242
Belgium311:370,85940,209
New Zealand71:646,90340,014
Norway71:734,61250,907
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
France31:22,140,907385,998
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:2,282,667111,005

Westerhof Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Westerhof surname means 'yard in the west'.

- westerhofpeter

Westerhof Last Name Facts

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

The last name Westerhof occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Westerhof? popularity and diffusion

The surname Westerhof is the 96,185th most commonly used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,473,422 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 87 percent of Westerhof reside; 86 percent reside in Western Europe and 86 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Westerhof is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 4,145 people, or 1 in 4,074. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: Overijssel, where 19 percent are found, Drenthe, where 14 percent are found and Groningen, where 13 percent are found. Barring The Netherlands this surname exists in 30 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.

Westerhof Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Westerhof has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 1,395 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Westerhof Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Westerhof surname are 37.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 84% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Westerhof earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 57.55% more than the national average, earning R 374,400 per year; in United States they earn 10.57% more than the national average, earning $47,708 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.34% more than the national average, earning $51,838 CAD per year.

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