Kalmeyer Surname

780,352nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 363 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Denmark

Kalmeyer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kalmeyer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1941:279,26727,511
United States981:3,698,561204,970
Denmark421:134,39812,049
Netherlands191:888,79962,169
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
England21:27,859,030389,889
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Kalmeyer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kalmeyer is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kalmeyer? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 780,352nd most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 20,075,884 people. The last name Kalmeyer occurs predominantly in Africa, where 53 percent of Kalmeyer live; 53 percent live in Southern Africa and 53 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 194 people, or 1 in 279,267. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 87 percent are found, Northern Cape, where 8 percent are found and Gauteng, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 27 percent are found and Denmark, where 12 percent are found.

Kalmeyer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kalmeyer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kalmeyer last name increased 817 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kalmeyer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kalmeyer last name are 16.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 70% being registered with the party.

The amount Kalmeyer earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 53.76% less than the national average, earning R 109,872 per year and in United States they earn 6.87% more than the national average, earning $46,114 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Kalmeyer
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