Ebmeyer Surname
Approximately 621 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameEbmeyer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 364 | 1:221,169 | 24,820 |
| United States | 238 | 1:1,522,937 | 103,340 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Ebmeyer Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
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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Average Ebmeyer Salary in
United States
$56,314 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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 is found most in Germany. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ebmeyer? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ebmeyer is the 523,160th most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 11,735,179 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 61 percent of Ebmeyer are found; 61 percent are found in Western Europe and 59 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name Ebmeyer is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 364 people, or 1 in 221,169. In Germany Ebmeyer is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 62 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 12 percent reside and Bavaria, where 8 percent reside. Not including Germany it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 38 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.
Ebmeyer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Ebmeyer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Ebmeyer last name grew 11,900 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Ebmeyer Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Ebmeyer are 9.04% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.81% registered to vote for the 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.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Giebmeyer | 88 | 67 | / |
| Ebmeier | 86 | 451 | / |
| Abmeyer | 86 | 60 | / |
| Ibmeyer | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gibmeyer | 80 | 54 | / |
| Hebmeier | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hobmeyer | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ebmeir | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ebmier | 77 | 1 | / |
| Giebmeier | 75 | 111 | / |
| Geibmeier | 75 | 10 | / |
| Giebmayer | 75 | 2 | / |
| Abmeier | 71 | 63 | / |
| Abmayer | 71 | 20 | / |
| Hobmeyr | 71 | 15 | / |
| Obmeier | 71 | 0 | / |
| Hobmeier | 67 | 816 | / |
| Gibmeier | 67 | 62 | / |
| Hobmayer | 67 | 25 | / |
| Gebmaier | 67 | 1 | / |
| Giebmaier | 63 | 13 | / |
| Goibmeier | 63 | 1 | / |
| Abmeir | 62 | 1 | / |
| Evmejr | 62 | 1 | / |
| Hemphmeier | 59 | 2 | / |
| Hobmeir | 57 | 62 | / |
| Abmaier | 57 | 5 | / |
| Ibmeire | 57 | 4 | / |
| Gibmeir | 57 | 2 | / |
| Hobmaier | 53 | 645 | / |
| Gibmaier | 53 | 12 | / |
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