Calmeyer Surname

1,058,336th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 236 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Norway

Calmeyer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Calmeyer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1441:376,23433,811
United States381:9,538,393399,091
Norway251:205,69123,411
England141:3,979,861125,553
Sweden101:984,67673,605
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Calmeyer Last Name Facts

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

Calmeyer is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Calmeyer? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,058,336th most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,879,432 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 61 percent of Calmeyer live; 61 percent live in Southern Africa and 61 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 144 people, or 1 in 376,234. In South Africa Calmeyer is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 35 percent live, Western Cape, where 31 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 24 percent live. Apart from South Africa this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 16 percent live and Norway, where 11 percent live.

Calmeyer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Calmeyer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Calmeyer surname increased 317 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Calmeyer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Calmeyer last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Calmeyer earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 2.57% less than the national average, earning 337,195 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 56.94% more than the national average, earning R 372,960 per year and in United States they earn 10.82% more than the national average, earning $47,819 USD per year.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Calmeyer
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