Böer Surname

236,849th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,696 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Böer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Böer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,6791:47,9486,279
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

The alternate forms: Boér (299) & Boêr (1) are calculated separately.

Böer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Böer is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Boér or Boêr. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Böer? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 236,849th most numerous last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 4,296,902 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Böer reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 1,679 people, or 1 in 47,948. In Germany Böer is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 35 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 12 percent are found and Bavaria, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Germany it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 0 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Böger893,046/
Böert8932/
Böher894/
Böe86116/
Boér83299/
Boêr831/
Beur75146/
Böhe7538/
Böes7517/
Beér7513/
Bäer753/
Béer751/
Böerová734/
Baher6740,404/
Beher673,268/
Boher671,244/
Behir67640/
Böğet67251/
Beuer67192/
Bäger67177/
Wöger67157/
Buier6779/
Beehr6756/
Boeer6750/
Baaer677/
Baeer677/
Baeir677/
Bäher677/
Ba'er674/
Boeir672/
Baïer672/
Beurh672/
Bo'er671/
Beurr671/
Bhöir671/
Baeyr670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Böer
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