Wassink
surname · Latin script
Meaning: -ink-Name aus Rufname/Grundform Wass-
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈwɔsɪŋk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Wassink is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.
- NLNetherlands1 in 5.5K(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 703K
- BWBotswana≈1 in 15K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Netherlands (measured from records)
- Sources
- 160 (measured from records)
- 1 in 5.5K (inferred from the name graph)
3,117 people, 2007
Highest-authority source
Netherlands
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
-ink-Name aus Rufname/Grundform Wass-. Bearer count: 55.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
Where in the world(measured from records)
Wassink counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | #447 | 3,117 | 1 in 5.5K | 3.1K | Wassink | 83 |
| US United States | — | 473 | 1 in 703K | 510 | Wassink | 160 |
| BW Botswana | #157 | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Wassink | 1 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 548K | — | Wassink | 35 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 340K | — | Wassink | 28 |
| BE Belgium | — | 33 | 1 in 355K | 33 | Wassink | 8 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈24 est. | ≈1 in 207K | — | Wassink | 10 |
3,117 people counted by CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007), 2007. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Geerlof Wassinkb. 1811NLDutch physician
- Alicia Beckford Wassinkb. 1966USlinguistics professor
- Gert-Jan Wassinkb. 1985NLDutch sportsperson and athletics competitor
- Brian Wassinkb. 2001NLbadminton player
- Willem Jan Klein WassinkNLPh.D. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen 1927
- Celestine Wassinkperson
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 11 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 3.1K | #342 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 510 | #45,217 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 473 | #45,253 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 436 | #46,083 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 33 | #34,789 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Wassink come from?
- -ink-Name aus Rufname/Grundform Wass-. Bearer count: 55. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen.
- How do you pronounce Wassink?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈwɔsɪŋk/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Wassink mean?
- Recorded meaning: -ink-Name aus Rufname/Grundform Wass-.
- In which country does Wassink have the most bearers?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 3.1 thousand people named Wassink, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled wassink.
- Where is Wassink most common?
- Wassink is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 5.5 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Wassink?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 3,117 people named Wassink in 2007, about 1 in 5.5 thousand residents.
- How common is Wassink compared with other names?
- In the Netherlands, Wassink is the 447th most common surname of 284,143 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/wassinkThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Wassink” — the 447th most common surname in Netherlands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.