Names distinctive to Netherlands (the)

The list of names unique to the Kingdom of the Netherlands*

Female forenames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank
1. Jolanda 25% 1.
2. Ans 82% 10.
3. Sanne 30% 2.
4. Marieke 42% 3.
5. Tineke 60% 8.
6. Marjolein 58% 12.
7. Maaike 47% 11.
8. Marijke 28% 6.
9. Janneke 60% 15.
10. Els 23% 4.
11. Anouk 29% 7.
12. Marloes 77% 18.
13. Ineke 22% 5.
14. Truus 79% 19.
15. Hanneke 57% 17.
16. Marja 27% 9.
17. Loes 40% 14.
18. Riet 74% 22.
19. Nienke 66% 20.
20. Femke 33% 13.
21. Lieke 72% 25.
22. Rianne 39% 16.
23. Annemieke 69% 26.
24. Margriet 71% 27.
25. Annemiek 84% 30.

Male forenames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank
1. Henk 55% 1.
2. Jeroen 38% 2.
3. Martijn 57% 4.
4. Kees 64% 5.
5. Wim 26% 3.
6. Jaap 63% 8.
7. Remco 63% 10.
8. Joop 72% 13.
9. Cor 68% 12.
10. Cees 79% 14.
11. Daan 29% 6.
12. Joost 30% 9.
13. Maarten 23% 7.
14. Gijs 65% 16.
15. Martijn 28% 11.
16. Luuk 61% 17.
17. Sjoerd 59% 18.
18. Niek 74% 22.
19. Jelle 28% 15.
20. Joep 74% 26.
21. Teun 76% 28.
22. Sjaak 76% 29.
23. Guus 73% 31.
24. Huub 78% 34.
25. Pim 28% 19.

Surnames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank
1. Jong 57% 1.
2. Vries 66% 3.
3. Dijk 74% 5.
4. Bakker 59% 4.
5. Boer 59% 7.
6. Groot 69% 9.
7. Jansen 25% 2.
8. Visser 37% 6.
9. Veen 71% 14.
10. Vos 57% 12.
11. Meijer 64% 15.
12. Leeuwen 94% 19.
13. Bos 39% 11.
14. Janssen 32% 8.
15. Mulder 45% 13.
16. Graaf 72% 20.
17. Dekker 57% 16.
18. Smit 24% 10.
19. Brouwer 56% 17.
20. Beek 66% 22.
21. Dijkstra 71% 25.
22. Hendriks 48% 18.
23. Haan 61% 23.
24. Wit 58% 24.
25. Koning 61% 28.

Distinctive names in
the related** countries

CountrySimilarity
Canada 75%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the) 18%
Australia 18%
Aruba 6%
Belgium 6%
Saint Kitts and Nevis 6%
Belize 5%

*The rank of the unique name is the geometric average of the name uniqueness and the name prevalence in the respective country. Name uniqueness is measured only by the exact grapheme form (not taking into account transliterational equivalents or phonetic similarities).

** Country similarity is the correlation of the relative frequency of the names shared by two countries (as measured by cosine similarity).