Zijlstra Surname
Approximately 10,012 people bear this surname
Zijlstra Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 9,372 | 1:1,802 | 112 |
| Argentina | 90 | 1:474,927 | 35,376 |
| Belgium | 77 | 1:149,307 | 20,954 |
| United States | 74 | 1:4,898,094 | 251,818 |
| Australia | 69 | 1:391,242 | 31,907 |
| Germany | 48 | 1:1,677,197 | 97,745 |
| South Africa | 38 | 1:1,425,729 | 75,291 |
| Canada | 36 | 1:1,023,489 | 76,466 |
| Aruba | 32 | 1:3,234 | 449 |
| England | 30 | 1:1,857,269 | 74,552 |
| Thailand | 23 | 1:3,071,232 | 294,953 |
| Luxembourg | 21 | 1:27,645 | 4,917 |
| Switzerland | 21 | 1:391,091 | 29,271 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Uruguay | 6 | 1:571,960 | 26,877 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
The alternate forms: Zijlstrà (1) are calculated separately.
Zijlstra Demographics
Average Zijlstra Salary in
United States
$40,262 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Zijlstra Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zijlstra Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zijlstra occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Zijlstrà. For other potential spellings of Zijlstra click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zijlstra? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 51,210th most frequent family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 727,881 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Zijlstra live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 9,372 people, or 1 in 1,802. In The Netherlands Zijlstra is primarily found in: Friesland, where 32 percent live, North Holland, where 15 percent live and Groningen, where 12 percent live. Outside of The Netherlands this last name exists in 39 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 1 percent live and Belgium, where 1 percent live.
Zijlstra Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Zijlstra surname are 23.82% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 70.59% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Zijlstra earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 59.13% more than the national average, earning R 378,156 per year; in United States they earn 6.69% less than the national average, earning $40,262 USD per year and in Canada they earn 60.98% more than the national average, earning $79,982 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zijlstrà | 96 | 1 | / |
| Zeijlstra | 94 | 115 | / |
| Zijlistra | 94 | 1 | / |
| Zilstra | 93 | 36 | / |
| Zeilstra | 88 | 1,476 | / |
| Zielstra | 88 | 245 | / |
| Gijlstra | 88 | 30 | / |
| Zijlstre | 88 | 21 | / |
| Zilestra | 88 | 1 | / |
| Zyjlstra | 88 | 1 | / |
| Zlstra | 86 | 2 | / |
| Zylstra | 80 | 4,052 | / |
| Zelstra | 80 | 3 | / |
| Zulstra | 80 | 3 | / |
| Silstra | 80 | 0 | / |
| Zeylstra | 75 | 31 | / |
| Sielstra | 75 | 22 | / |
| Silistra | 75 | 7 | / |
| Zielstre | 75 | 3 | / |
| Silstria | 75 | 2 | / |
| Zylestra | 75 | 2 | / |
| Zuylstra | 75 | 1 | / |
| Silostra | 75 | 1 | / |
| Cilistra | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zellstra | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zeolstra | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zylastra | 75 | 1 | / |
| Silistria | 71 | 46 | / |
| Sylstra | 67 | 62 | / |
| Zelster | 67 | 14 | / |
| Zalster | 67 | 2 | / |
| Celstra | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zylstro | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zolstar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Silster | 67 | 0 | / |
| Geilstrop | 59 | 0 | / |
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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 Zijlstra
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