der Meer Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

der Meer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

der Meer 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
Netherlands211:804,15159,518
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

der Meer Last Name Facts

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

The last name der Meer is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name der Meer? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,957,383rd most commonly used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name der Meer occurs mostly in Europe, where 84 percent of der Meer reside; 84 percent reside in Western Europe and 84 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most common in The Netherlands, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 804,151. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: North Holland, where 57 percent live, Gelderland, where 38 percent live and South Holland, where 5 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands der Meer is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent live and The Dominican Republic, where 4 percent live.

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 Meer93559/
der Mee931/
de Meyer8812,058/
de Meere8841/
de Mejer881/
de Meuer881/
de Meier881/
de Mee8639/
de Mer8616/
de Meyere82932/
de Meyier829/
de Mejere821/
de Mier80518/
de Muer80341/
de Mees80228/
de Meur80113/
de Maer8019/
de Mere808/
de Myer806/
da Meer803/
de Meir803/
de Mert802/
de Moer802/
de Merz801/
de Merd801/
de Me776/
de Mayer75158/
de Meeûs75143/
de Muyer75142/
de Moyer75108/
de Meire7559/
De-Meyer7523/
de Maier755/
de Merre752/
de Mauer751/
da Meyer751/
der Meij751/
De Mehar751/
de Mey713,170/
de Mei71143/
de Meu7157/
de Mie7146/
de Mes7140/
de Mir7134/
de Met713/
de Mez713/
de Meyère713/
de Med712/
de Meh712/
de Mãe711/
De-Mer711/
de Meis67764/
de Meij67745/
de Mets67531/
de Mour679/
de Mitr679/
de Moey679/
der Mescht675/
de Muir672/
de Mair672/
des Met672/
di Mere671/
De-Muer671/
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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 der Meer
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