Ebmeyer Surname

523,160th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 621 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Ebmeyer Surname User-submission:

The oldest base for this name is close to the city of Enger in North Rhine Westphalia. There are several legends about a small number of families living on huge farms, which had special rights in comparison to casual people. A mayer and a meier have different origins, since their jobs/positions within a community were different.

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Ebmeyer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3641:221,16924,820
United States2381:1,522,937103,340
France71:9,488,960336,266
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Ebmeyer Surname Meaning

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The oldest base for this name is close to the city of Enger in North Rhine Westphalia. There are several legends about a small number of families living on huge farms, which had special rights in comparison to casual people. A mayer and a meier have different origins, since their jobs/positions within a community were different. Never the less, some Mayers wrote their name as Meier because they did not like the 'foreign' look of it (in the early 19th century).

Legend says that Ebmeyer were some kind of knights of king Widukind of Saxonia (old Saxonia, not today's Saxonia - the area around Westphalia).

Karl the Great wanted to Christianize the population in that area and had been fighting with Widukind against it. All Sattelmeyer were obligated to have a saddled (sattel) horse plus men ready at any time, to support Widukind. (777-785 AD)

All Ebmeyer are bound to that place in Enger and are somewhat related' to each other. The families of Sattelmeyer did not have to pay fees in former times and were free. The had own burial rites and inheritance laws.

Another theory says that those farms were the center of early settlements in that region, and the families that ruled the farms were practicing and carrying out different roles for the community, for example jurisdiction in cases of dispute.

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Ebmeyer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ebmeyer occurs most in Germany. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ebmeyer? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 523,160th most commonly used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 11,735,179 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 61 percent of Ebmeyer live; 61 percent live in Western Europe and 59 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 364 people, or 1 in 221,169. In Germany Ebmeyer is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 62 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 12 percent live and Bavaria, where 8 percent live. Other than Germany this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 38 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.

Ebmeyer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Ebmeyer has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 11,900 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ebmeyer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Ebmeyer surname are 9.04% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 55.81% being registered with the political party.

Ebmeyer earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 30.51% more than the national average, earning $56,314 USD per year.

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