de Mere Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

de Mere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Mere Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: de Méré (1) are calculated separately.

de Mere (55) may also be a first name.

de Mere Last Name Facts

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

de Mere is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant: de Méré. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name de Mere? popularity and diffusion

de Mere is the 6,723,624th most common family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname de Mere is predominantly found in Africa, where 63 percent of de Mere reside; 50 percent reside in Southern Africa and 50 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,336,256th most frequently used first name on earth. It is borne by 55 people.

de Mere is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 13,544,426. In South Africa it is most common in: Western Cape, where 100 percent reside. Other than South Africa it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 13 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Maere93911/
de Meire9359/
de Meere9341/
de Miere9324/
de Merey9311/
de Metre935/
de Moere932/
de Merre932/
de Merie931/
de Meres931/
de Mer9216/
de Méré901/
de Mierre8818/
de Meires885/
de Metres882/
der Moere881/
de Merres881/
de Mare861,404/
de Mera86874/
De Meer86559/
de Mier86518/
de Meur86113/
de More8640/
de Meir863/
de Mert862/
de Mery862/
de Merz861/
de Meri861/
di Mere861/
de Merd861/
de Meira808,399/
de Mieri80141/
de Marre8088/
de Moree8049/
de Meris8044/
de Maree8035/
der Meer8025/
de Metri8024/
de Mitre8010/
de Maare8010/
de Morey809/
de Maire807/
de Morre806/
de Merit805/
de Marey803/
de Miera803/
de Mérey802/
de Merra802/
de Merry801/
de Meuri801/
de Mires801/
de Moreu801/
de Merij801/
de Morea801/
De Mehri801/
De-Maere801/
de Merio801/
de Meury801/
de Mir7734/
De-Mer771/
de Morree7562/
de Mierry7528/
de Meritt7513/
de Marree756/
de Maitre754/
de Merich752/
de Maître751/
de Meeris750/
de Mira712,358/
de Mari711,901/
de Mori711,741/
di Mare711,732/
de Maré71177/
de Mary7168/
De Miri7144/
de Mory7118/
de Merritt7112/
de Mitr719/
da More716/
de Myra715/
de Metruis713/
da Meer713/
de Mair712/
de Marè712/
de Muir712/
di Meir711/
de Moré711/
da Meri711/
de Mittres711/
da Mare711/
de Mitri672,035/
de Marie67435/
di Mieri67276/
de Mitry6750/
de Moira6717/
de Maaré6710/
de Maira677/
di Metri675/
de Moray674/
de Morai674/
da Meira674/
De-Morei674/
di Meira673/
de Morie673/
de Morhy672/
de Mayra672/
De-Morey671/
da Meris671/
di Mitre671/
de Marri671/
de Marré671/
De Mirie671/
De-Metri671/
di Meiri671/
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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 de Mere
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