The Database of Surnames in the NetherlandsThe Database of Surnames in the Netherlands presents the 300.000 surnames of all persons with the Dutch nationality, who lived in the Netherlands in the year 2007. Also included are about 120.000 family names registered at the census from 1947. Besides frequencies and geographic distribution maps, additional information about the meaning, composition and history can be found for many names. The names are hierarchically interconnected on the basis of spelling, meaning and frequency.