Woudsma Surname

675,256th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 442 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Woudsma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Woudsma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3541:47,7048,150
Canada491:751,95159,756
United States241:15,102,456529,929
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397

Woudsma Last Name Facts

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

Woudsma occurs most in The Netherlands. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Woudsma.

How Common Is The Last Name Woudsma? popularity and diffusion

Woudsma is the 675,256th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 16,487,660 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 83 percent of Woudsma are found; 82 percent are found in Western Europe and 82 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 354 people, or 1 in 47,704. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: North Holland, where 22 percent live, South Holland, where 16 percent live and Overijssel, where 16 percent live. Beside The Netherlands it exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.

Woudsma Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Woudsma earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 64.29% more than the national average, earning $70,889 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0% more than the national average, earning $49,684 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wosma833/
Wusma832/
Bousma7745/
Wosmah771/
Bousmah71391/
Boutsma7193/
Bousmai7110/
Wuosmaa713/
Boussma712/
Bousmha711/
Wusmath711/
Bosma6713,410/
Bousmaha678,374/
Wasma672,368/
Busma67416/
Uasma67240/
Wojma673/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Woudsma
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