Gehmeyr Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Gehmeyr Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 25 | 1:3,220,218 | 147,383 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Gehmeyr Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gehmeyr Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gehmeyr occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gehmeyr? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,730,171st most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 89 percent of Gehmeyr live; 89 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Germanic Europe.
Gehmeyr is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 3,220,218. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 60 percent are found, Bavaria, where 20 percent are found and Hesse, where 20 percent are found. Apart from Germany it is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 11 percent are found.
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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 Gehmeyr
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