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Visser is a Dutch occupational 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 .

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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:

In South Africa, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:870) in the following provinces: [2]

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References

  1. Visser at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands
  2. Visser surname distribution