For the novel in the Animorphs series, see
Visser (novel).
Visser is a
Dutchoccupational surname, meaning "fisherman". In 2007, nearly 50,000 people in the Netherlands carried the name, making it the eighth most populous name in the country.[1] Common variant forms of the name are De Visser, Visscher, and Vissers.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 43.7% of all known bearers of the surname Visser were residents of South Africa (frequency 1:870), 39.3% of the Netherlands (1:303), 4.8% of the United States (1:52,799), 3.3% of Mozambique (1:5,812), 2.1% of Canada (1:12,250), 1.6% of Australia (1:10,599) and 1.3% of Germany (1:42,516).
In the Netherlands, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:303) in the following provinces:
This page lists people with the
surnameVisser. If an
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given name(s) to the link.
For the novel in the Animorphs series, see
Visser (novel).
Visser is a
Dutchoccupational surname, meaning "fisherman". In 2007, nearly 50,000 people in the Netherlands carried the name, making it the eighth most populous name in the country.[1] Common variant forms of the name are De Visser, Visscher, and Vissers.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 43.7% of all known bearers of the surname Visser were residents of South Africa (frequency 1:870), 39.3% of the Netherlands (1:303), 4.8% of the United States (1:52,799), 3.3% of Mozambique (1:5,812), 2.1% of Canada (1:12,250), 1.6% of Australia (1:10,599) and 1.3% of Germany (1:42,516).
In the Netherlands, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:303) in the following provinces:
This page lists people with the
surnameVisser. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.