Bredemeyer Surname

396,526th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 889 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Bredemeyer Surname User-submission:

Brede is old German for a broad acre.

Meier/Meyer/Meir/Meijer is old German for the farmer of either the biggest farm or the responsible farmer for the main farm of a manorial lord (

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Bredemeyer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4401:182,96721,357
United States4101:884,04666,892
Australia161:1,687,23181,699
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
India51:153,413,076951,030
England21:27,859,030389,889
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States451:1,115,97164,142

Bredemeyer Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Brede is old German for a broad acre.

Meier/Meyer/Meir/Meijer is old German for the farmer of either the biggest farm or the responsible farmer for the main farm of a manorial lord (source).

Both sources are in German.

- mfsteffen

Bredemeyer Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bredemeyer Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Bredemeyer (Marathi: बरेडमीयार, Russian: Бредемейер) is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bredemeyer? popularity and diffusion

It is the 396,526th most commonly held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 8,197,464 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 50 percent of Bredemeyer are found; 50 percent are found in Western Europe and 50 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Bredemeyer is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 440 people, or 1 in 182,967. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 32 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 26 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 46 percent reside and Australia, where 2 percent reside.

Bredemeyer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bredemeyer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Bredemeyer surname increased 911 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Bredemeyer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Bredemeyer surname are 18.45% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65.22% being registered with the party.

Bredemeyer earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.82% more than the national average, earning $44,364 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bredemeyer Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bredemeyer in the Marathi language
बरेडमीयारbaredamiyara-
Bredemeyer in the Russian language
Бредемейерbredemejer-

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