Visser



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. 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, 39.3% of the Netherlands, 4.8% of the United States, 3.3% of Mozambique, 2.1% of Canada, 1.6% of Australia and 1.3% of Germany.
In the Netherlands, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following provinces:
In South Africa, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following provinces: